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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make those folks get a teaching certificate and get them into schools  to teach. teaching shortage and especially of people in STEAM subjects. [/quote]
Throwing a body at a problem does not necessarily correct or cure the problem, regardless of the good intentions. Every person simply because of their education is not fit to teach. I count myself in that group. Tutoring my DC was frustrating because my patience runs thin. People with children who are not fast learners would be at a true disadvantage with me as their instructor. I am sure I am not the only person with this deficiency, but yet I imagine such people will pivot into that profession on an economic downside. [/quote]

Putting aside the fact that teaching is a profession that requires a specialized skill and a certain personality type- where do the PPs think all these teaching jobs are going to come from?

Current staffing levels are based on current budgets. The lunatics are already hard at work killing the DOE.  And when the poop hits the fan and the local economies go to total crap,  school funding will get cut along with everything else. The Boomers as a generation are just fine putting 40 mixed needs kids in a kindergarten class if it shaves a few bucks off their property tax bills.

During the last recession, many teachers lost their jobs and an entire generation of new teachers never got jobs (my sibling is one of them - she never recovered). It’s probably one of the major reasons we have a shortage today. But like I said- not for long once the budgets start getting cut. [/quote]

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