Governor Wes Moore announced the teacher vacancy rate in Maryland has dropped by 58% since the 2022-2023 school year.
“Since taking office, Governor Moore has cut the teacher vacancy rate in Maryland by over half through strategic investments and partnership with the Maryland General Assembly,” said Wes Moore for Maryland Senior Communications Adviser, Carter Elliott, IV . “For three years in a row the governor has put record funding into Maryland’s public schools, and now not only do we have more teachers in the classroom, but we’ve seen improvements in reading and math scores in nearly every single grade level.”
During the 2022- 2023 school year, there were a staggering 2,144 teacher vacancies across the state–that year the governor committed to tackling Maryland’s teacher shortage crisis by passing the Maryland Educator Shortage Reduction Act. Now, just three years later, the teacher vacancy rate has dropped by 58% to just 886 vacancies.
Since day one, Governor Moore has been a champion for education, putting record funding into Maryland’s public schools three years in a row. This year alone he led the charge to put a historic $9.8 billion investment this year in K–12 schools to continue the fight to ensure our children have access to the best public education possible.
These record investments and historic actions are showing results across the state, with recent reporting showing that statewide, nearly every single grade has made improvements in reading and math scores.
Contact: Carter Elliott, IV [email protected]