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How schools are dealing with a substitute teacher shortage

Schools don’t have enough short-term teachers to fill in the gaps. School districts in Illinois are now holding one-day online training to get short-term subs, even ones without teaching backgrounds.

WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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