
To get special-ed teachers, pay more
Teaching special-needs students is challenging and stressful. Special education teachers are in short supply across the country, and have been for as long as I can remember. Hawaii has a radical approach, writes Dylan Peers McCoy on NPR. The state, which is one huge public school district, pays more. Special-ed teachers earn an extra $10,000 a year. The extra money persuaded Heather Carll to return to special-ed teaching, McCoy reports. Before the incentive, in October 2019,