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Amid teacher shortages, Mississippi embraces a movement to grow their own

NPR | By Cory Turner
Published March 22, 2023 at 2:56 PM MDT

To address chronic teacher shortages, school districts across the country are creating residency programs to better recruit and train new teachers. One program in Jackson, Miss., is already paying off.

Audio story produced by: Lauren Migaki
Audio story edited by: Steven Drummond and Nicole Cohen

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