kali9/Getty Images As kids enjoy the last few weeks of summer, school districts are figuring out how to fill positions. Some schools are offering signing or retention bonuses. The US is down nearly 582,000 jobs in local and state government education from February 2020. See more stories on Insider's business page. With the school year just two months away for most of the US, some students may be eager to return to the classroom after a year of learning online and over Zoom. But some districts facing a teacher shortage are struggling to fill open positions. That shortage isn't a