Portside - Nine-year-old students earlier this year revealed “the largest average score decline in reading since 1990, and the first ever score decline in mathematics,” according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In the latest comparison of fourth grade reading ability, the United States ranked below 15 countries, including Russia, Ireland, Poland and Bulgaria.
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This does not really say why there is a shortage of teachers, just shows one symptom. I would think there are teacher shortages because of low pay, poor management, parental abuse of teachers, and right wing efforts to prevent teachers from telling the truth or talking about issues important to students. climate denial, an inability to discuss racism, gun crazies and do not say gay are also making it hard to recruit and retain teachers.
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