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No surprise that the reporter for this crappy piece went to a charter high school and then Yale. Her bias against public education clearly is seeping through. So much for balanced reporting.
And let’s talk about the uptick in violence on campuses this year, coupled with staff shortages. Parents, do you want your kids attending school without enough adults to ensure safety?
Teachers are covering the staffing shortages. We have no prep periods. We worked TWO summers without a break. Wonder if this is the end of public education?!?! It’s not—just the American public refusing to take responsibility for anything. This is what underfunding looks like.
Kind of like how all teachers were forced to immediately adjust for two years?
“Parents are forced to adjust “ This is the best case for paid family medical leave. Sick kid, parent has to stay home from work. Lather, rinse repeat. How much PTO/sick pay do you have?
Just wait till the Nu variant hits the US.
This has nothing to do with parents or teachers. This is about a bloated bureaucracy. Dismantle The Public School System and we’ll all see how parents want their children educated and which teachers want to educate. ✌🏾
And what are they going to do as the staff shortage expands.
ccarman602 By all means, keep voting for cuts to public Ed, politics that refuse to allow teachers to collectively bargain, politicians who force testing mandates, BOEs who drain every drop of blood from stone, allow parents & admin to abuse teachers at every turn. That will fix it.
Parents are awful.
Let's stop being shitty to teachers.
There isn't enough staff. Nearly everyone eligible for retirement has taken it. Nobody wanted to teach virtually. It was a nightmare and it was rolled out with 0 planning. Nobody wanted to be in a classroom during a pandemic, either. So they left.
If parents want public schools they can count on and childcare they can count on, they have to vote for politicians that fund public schools, policies that pay teachers, build care infrastructure and responsibly deal with pandemics. We are paying the tab for it now.
With schools and school boards under attack on multiple fronts, this story is just piling on. The dismantling of public education is almost complete. The teacher shortage is real, largely manufactured, and worsening every day.
It would have been nice if this article would have contained interviews/quotes from teachers and support staff. I heard a bunch of parents whining and criticizing but nothing from teachers who appear to be the reason for the extra closures. Pitiful.
Schools reflect our national priorities. 🇺🇸 America Inc destroyed public schools’ liberal arts education foundation over the past 50 years and replaced it with programmed instruction driven by tests. The result is an abysmal failure to our children.
The comments on this story prove the point. People won’t be satisfied with the effort of teachers unless the job is 7days a week 30+ kids per classroom. They don’t want teachers, they just want free childcare that they can abuse and hold to unreasonable standards.
Imagine if medical personnel or police would not show at work claiming such excuses. There should be serious reasons for people to fail to come at workplace. We cannot forget that we all in this together.
horrible
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