The US school districts are in dire need of teachers and they are sacrificing the quality of education because of it.
Now they just require folks to have a bachelors degree and that's it (no credentials, no work experience, ANY kind of major...)
My sands is upset about the whole thing cause she feels this degrades her profession. She has her credentials and just got her master's last week and it seems like ANYONE can be a teacher. And what makes it even worse is that most people that are taking these "emergency" teaching gigs, are not really about the kids....they just need a decent paying job.
I'm not sure what can solve this problem (since this is not my field of expertise, and I dont have any kids), but something definately needs to happen - and soon.
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