Military works to reduce Alabama teacher shortage

The military is aiming to ease Alabama’s shortage of teachers.

Military officials are leading two efforts designed to increase the number of teachers in the state's public schools, The Montgomery Advertiser reported .

"In order to replace teachers that are retiring and those that are choosing not to go into the field, it's almost becoming a crisis to find good, qualified teachers in Alabama, especially where we are," said James Carter, superintendent in rural Greene County.

About 15 percent of its teacher positions in the district are open, the Montgomery newspaper reported.

"There's not a lot of people that want to come and live in areas that are isolated from the urban centers," Carter said.

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