Teacher shortage hits underserved LA schools hardest, prompting staff moves
LOS ANGELES — With less than two months left in the school year, many of Los Angeles Unified's highest-needs schools remain significantly understaffed, impeding academic recovery and prompting Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho to deploy credentialed administrators and staff back into the classroom.
The — a deepening problem in California and nationwide — has hit hardest at schools in parts of South L.A. and several other low-income neighborhoods, according to a report by Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a nonprofit group that manages schools in underserved communities. Fueled by a record $20 billion pandemic-aid-enhanced budget this year, L.A Unified had promised a hiring spree unseen since the late 1990s, with thousands
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