America’s new “national teacher shortage” is neither new nor national
But it suits both Democrats and Republicans to play it up
The narrative goes as follows. America is suffering from a nationwide teacher shortage. Teachers have been leaving the profession for years, but recent stresses from the pandemic and the culture war have caused the entire profession to hit a tipping point. Educators are leaving in droves. School leaders are using desperate measures to recruit. Some districts are offering five-figure bonuses. Florida is allowing military veterans without the usually required qualification of a bachelor’s degree to teach while taking college classes. Some rural schools are even resorting to four-day school weeks.
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United States August 27th 2022
- Biden spends hundreds of billions on reducing student-loan debt
- States have historic amounts of leftover cash
- America’s new “national teacher shortage” is neither new nor national
- Pink Sauce and the fashion for homemade food in America
- American cities want rent control to rein in housing costs
- America’s border crisis reaches New York, by bus
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