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Teacher Shortage Affects Local School Districts

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published December 3, 2021 at 9:00 AM CST
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Rock Island School District

On Midwest Week, local school districts try to recruit new teachers with programs called "grow your own."

Herb Trix's guest is Tony Watt, reporter for the Quad City Times and Dispatch-Argus.

You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered.

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Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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