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COVID-19 pandemic creates more job shortages in the education sector

Name: COVID-19 pandemic creates more job shortages in the education sector
Uploaded: 2020-10-10T22:05:00-0400
Duration: 11 min 52 s
Description: The job shortage in the education sector is already creating challenges for families, teachers and staff amid the coronavirus pandemic. But schools across the nation could face a much larger crisis if lawmakers on Capitol Hill don't pass a new stimulus package. CBSN’s Lana Zak spoke with American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten about the impact this would have on education.

The job shortage in the education sector is already creating challenges for families, teachers and staff amid the coronavirus pandemic. But schools across the nation could face a much larger crisis if lawmakers on Capitol Hill don't pass a new stimulus package. CBSN’s Lana Zak spoke with American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten about the impact this would have on education.