Is there a shortage of teaching jobs or a shortage of teachers? The answer is both, depending on where you look. A lack of teaching jobs or teachers varies state by state, but, on the national level, there’s a teacher shortfall fueled by a decline in enrollment in teacher preparation programs and high attrition rates in schools. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects nearly 1.9 million job openings in the field by 2024. But teaching has gotten a bad rap over the last few years. Many