blog posts Report: State's teacher shortage has gotten more serious over the past year Mar 12, 2019 3:00 pm by Chicago Sun TimesIllinois in the News Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images Chicago Sun-Times (March 11) More than 90% of the vacancies in 2017 were in schools that received 'below-adequate' funding and which had been reducing their staff in recent years, says Illinois' Nancy Latham. Share on Facebook Tweet Email