School districts across Bexar County are competing for an inadequate supply of skilled and available teachers.Pandemic-era learning loss and the teacher pipeline will be the central focus of the San Antonio Report’s eighth annualThe event, to be held at the Boeing Center at Tech Port, will include a panel discussion with San Antonio education professionals, a keynote luncheon and presentation of the 2023 Education Champion Award.
Lindsay Whorton, president of The Holdsworth Center, a nonprofit that aims to impact the quality of public education by developing the next generation of school leaders,Editor-in-Chief Leigh Munsil will moderate this year’s lunch panel, “Learning loss and the teacher pipeline: What will it take to close the gaps?”
“This moment in education can feel overwhelming — the weight of teacher shortages and recovering from pandemic-era learning loss at the same time that school safety is so front-of-mind in our state and national conversations all adds up to a huge challenge for educators and administrators,” said Munsil.
Carolyn Castillo, deputy director for administrative and instructional services at Education Service Center, Region 20