'A crisis:' There's 1,000 teacher openings in Middle Tennessee. The breakdown per district.

A NewsChannel 5 analysis shows more than 1,000 teacher openings during the first week of July. During the 2021-2022 school year, the state had 1,024 unfilled vacancies. The problem is years in the making, and current cultural climates have made the job a difficult one. But there are programs looking to be the solution.