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Teachers in short supply nationwide

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — In a stark about-face from just a few years ago, school districts have gone from handing out pink slips to scrambling to hire teachers.

Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly in math, science, and special education — a result of the layoffs of the recession years combined with an improving economy in which fewer people are training to be teachers.

Louisville, Nashville, Oklahoma City, and Providence are among the large urban school districts having trouble finding teachers, according to the Council of the Great City Schools, which represents large urban districts. Just one month before the opening of classes, Charlotte, N.C., was desperately trying to fill 200 vacancies.

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