"Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus." "We hope for better days; it shall rise from the ashes."--Motto of the city of Detroit
There is no ‘teacher shortage’. There are thousands of qualified experiences teachers who are no longer teaching. There’s a shortage of respect and proper compensation for teachers allowing them to actually teach.
— jo lampert (@jolampert) August 6, 2022
Rural school districts in Texas are switching to four-day weeks this fall due to lack of staff. Florida is asking veterans with no teaching background to enter classrooms.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 4, 2022
The teacher shortage in America has hit crisis levels. https://t.co/ZynQwAQJEX
They want retired teachers, in other words, old people, to come out of retirement to go into the schools with massive numbers of unvaccinated kids during the Omicron surge?
— digby (@digby56) January 5, 2022
That seems ... unwise.
