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That's part of it but they've been having teacher shortages for a long time, mostly due to the fact they pay teachers almost nothing. Why would a teacher work for $30k in Pryor, OK when they could make twice that in Texas? Oklahoma is a shitty state in general so there's nothing to make up for the fact that the pay is so low.
I went to a protest at the Oklahoma Capitol over teacher pay. In 1988.
For more context, I work in Washington state and make 108k. I'm not near the top of the pay scale.