With news stories about teacher shortages grabbing the headlines, observers are concluding that teachers have grown tired of nonstop learning recovery and being caught in national culture wars. But are reports of a teacher crisis real or overblown? Education scholars weigh in on this question and offer their recommendations on relieving staffing pressures.

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the right-wing Brothers of Italy party, could become Italy’s first female prime minister. But if she wins, she will also be the country’s first head of government whose political party has never fully renounced its fascist background. Carlo Bastasin discusses why anti-establishment parties are so popular in Italy and the implications of this popularity for the future of the country.