1.   The government has been slow to grasp the implications of the current teacher shortage.

2.   The city has neglected the teacher shortage for too long.

3.   Head sends children home because of teacher shortage.

4.   Among them is how Texas, already struggling with a teacher shortage, could manage to teach thousands more students in higher-level courses.

5.   Board officials have said they plan to enlist retirees to forestall teacher shortages and may hunt in districts outside the city.

6.   A projected teacher shortage looms over Texas as researchers increasingly point to the teacher as perhaps the most important factor in student achievement or failure.

7.   A teacher shortage affects schools nationwide.

8.   A teacher shortage is looming in the public schools.

9.   According to the New York-based polling firm Public Agenda, urban administrators are more than twice as likely as their suburban counterparts to face severe teacher shortages.

10.   Across Texas and the country, school districts for years have addressed teacher shortages through alternative certification programs.