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>> Dana: STATES ARE STEPPING
UP TO ADDRESS THE ALARMING
SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS, BUT NOT
FINDING ANY RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE
ESPECIALLY WITH THE JOE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE.
ARIZONA NO LONGER REQUIRING
TEACHERS TO HAVE A BACHELOR’S
DEGREE, MIGHT BE FINE.
IN FLORIDA IS OFFERING TEN WOMEN
TEMPORARY TEACHING CREDENTIALS
TO VETERANS.
NOT ON BOARD WITH THOSE
PARTICULAR IDEAS.
>> I DO NOT SUPPORT LOWERING ANY
STANDARDS FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF
TEACHERS.
WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE IN HOW WE
GET THE TEACHERS IN.
FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENT TEACHING IS
FOUR MONTHS OF TEACHING WITHOUT
PAY.
I THINK WE SHOULD USE THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS TO
GET STUDENT TEACHERS AND GIVE
THEM A SALARY.
>> Dana: BESIDES THROWING
MONEY AT THE ISSUE, BLAME AND
THE STAFFING CRISIS ON TEACHERS
NOT BEING RESPECTED.
>> LET’S THINK BACK THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR EDUCATORS
HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS.
WE WENT FROM TOTALLY IN-PERSON
LEARNING TO REMOTE LEARNING
OVERNIGHT.
YET THE PANDEMIC REALLY PUSHED
MANY OF THESE EDUCATORS OUT OF
THE PROFESSION BECAUSE IN MANY
CASES YOU KNOW, EDUCATORS WERE
NOT BEING RESPECTED WHEN SCHOOLS
HAD TO CLOSE.
>> Dana: THIS PROBLEM IS SO
WIDESPREAD, AND SOME OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SHORT AND
ARE ABOUT TO START NEXT WEEK AND
THERE’S JUST NO SOLUTION YET
AGAIN.
AND THE FORMULA CRISIS, THEY
KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.
DO NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND
PROBABLY GOING TO CLAIM SOME
AIRLIFT OF TEACHERS.
>> Jesse: MAYBE THEY FIRE THE
ONES THAT DID NOT TAKE THE
VACCINE.
I DON’T EVEN BELIEVE THAT THEY
ARE SHORT TEACHERS.
MAYBE THEY FEEL LIKE IT BECAUSE
THERE ARE TEN MIGRANT STUDENTS
IN EACH CLASS, OR --
THIS IS LIKE MILLIONS OF
STUDENTS PER YEAR, AND COULD
BALANCE ITSELF OUT, JUST NOT
TRUSTING THE PRESS RELEASE
BECAUSE IT CAME OUT ON THE SAME
DAY THEY CALLED FOR A TEACHER
PAY RAISES.
AS TO WHY WOULD THEY CALL FOR
PAY RAISES WHEN TEST SCORES ARE
GOING DOWN.
IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO
ME.
AND YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE A
TEACHER, YOU CAN’T CRITICIZE A
TEACHER THAT CALLS YOUR SON
RACIST.
YOU CAN’T CRITICIZE A TEACHER
THAT SAYS YOUR SON IS NOT REALLY
A BOY.
AND TEACHERS THAT SPEND THEIR
LIVES EVALUATING OTHER PEOPLE
CAN BE EVALUATED.
NO, NO.
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. >> Dana: THERE IS A TEACHER
>> Dana: THERE IS A TEACHER
SHORTAGE, I WILL GIVE THEM THAT.
>> Joey: THERE’S A TEACHER
SHORTAGE JUST LIKE THERE IS A
PILOT SHORTAGE, BECAUSE PEOPLE
SAID I’M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
RETIRE WHEN COVID HAPPEN AND
THERE WAS NO PLAN IN PLACE FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ON THE BACK DOOR.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE CAN BRING
IN VETERANS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE
CONFIDENT AND ALREADY
INDOCTRINATED FROM WHATEVER
LIBERAL INSTITUTION THEY WENT
TO.
AND WERE MORE FOCUSED ON
WOKENESS. AND NOT POINTING THE FINGER AT
AND NOT POINTING THE FINGER AT
KIDS, BUT HAD 32 KIDS IN YOUR
CLASSROOM, AND NOT ENGLISH
SPEAKERS, WHERE DO THEY PUT
THEIR EFFORTS?
THAT’S A PROBLEM.
YOU NEED MORE PROBLEMS.
AND THOSE KIDS LEGITIMATELY HAVE
A PROBLEM, AND TO SAY WE CAN’T
CRITICIZE IT IS TO SAY THAT WE
SHOULD BEGIN WITH.
AND WE HAVE A SAY AND HOW OUR
KIDS GET EDUCATED.
WE HAVE A PAY FOR IT AND A SAY
IN IT, AND ONLY UNIONS WOULD SAY
OTHERWISE.
>> Dana: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Harold: WITH REGARDS TO THE
TEACHER SHORTAGE, WE HAVE ONE.
NOBODY GOES INTO TEACHING
BETWEEN THE FAME AND THE GLORY
OF TEACHING.
YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTRIES,
TEACHERS ARE THOUGHT OF
DIFFERENTLY THAN WE THINK OF
THEM HERE.
WE HAVE STATED THE UNIONS AND
OTHER THINGS I CLOUDED THIS, BUT
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
ELEVATE THIS.
AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS ON THIS.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
SECRETARY IS COMING FROM, BUT IF
YOU DON’T HAVE TEACHERS AND YOU
HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAD DEGREES IN
THE AREA THAT YOU WANT THEM TO
TEACH AT, THEN PUT THEM THROUGH
THE 2-4 WEEK CLASS AND LET THEM
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE
IN FRONT OF CLASSROOMS.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE
HAVE A MORE CURRENT PROBLEM
WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF
CLASSROOMS MORE IN AMERICA
CLASSROOMS WHERE YOU HAVE THE
LANGUAGE SPOKEN, AND NOT ONLY
TEACHING AND BE PROFICIENT IN
ENGLISH, BUT PERHAPS OUT OF OUT
THEIR LANGUAGE IS LANGUAGES AS
WELL.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS
THE CASE.
WE DID A STORY LAST WEEKEND
JESSE, YOU MIGHT’VE BEEN GONE
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
SCHOOLS AND WE TALK ABOUT
ABSENTEEISM, BUT GOOD FOR
TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
RECOGNIZING THAT ON MONDAY THERE
WAS A GREATER ABSENTEE OF
SCHOOLS AND REALIZE THAT BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT WASH THE CLOTHES, SO
WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY BOUGHT WASHING WHEN SHEEHAN
AND TWO DRYERS.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THESE
THINGS INDIVIDUALLY.
IF HIRING TEACHERS WHO MAY NOT
HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU
WANTED TO GO THROUGH, YOU ARE
PUTTING QUALITY PEOPLE IN THE
CLASSROOM, DO IT.
AND COULD WORK IN FLORIDA, MAY
NOT WORK IN TENNESSEE, MAY NOT
WORK AND NEW JERSEY.
BUT WE HAVE A CHALLENGE AND A
SHORTAGE AND WE HAVE TO BE
CREATIVE.
>> Jesse: CLOSED ON SUNDAY
NIGHT.
>> Harold: SOME OF THE THESE
PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES.
>> Jesse: THEY CAN GO TO THE
LAUNDRY MAT ON SUNDAY?
I’M NOT SURE I BELIEVE THAT.
>> Dana: RACHEL, A LOT OF THIS
IS MAY BE BEING DRIVEN BY A
BURGEONING SCHOOL CHOICE
MOVEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THAT.
>> Rachel: YES, THAT COULD BE
FOR SURE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT’S
INTERESTING COMING OR LOWERING
STANDARDS.
I WENT TO COLLEGE, ONE OF MY
PROFESSORS HAS A PhD FROM
OXFORD AND TOLD ME THAT HE
WANTED TO TEACH AT THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL AND VOLUNTEER HIS TIME IN
HIS RETIREMENT, AND THE SCHOOL
WOULD NOT HIRE HIM, BECAUSE HE
DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE.
LET ME TELL YOU THIS, NOTHING
SCARES THE PUBLIC SCHOOL, THE
PUBLIC EDUCATION CARTEL MORE
THAN GOVERNORS DISRUPTING THIS
PIPELINE.
RIGHT?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE TEACHERS COLLEGES AND THE
LIBERALS KNOW THIS WITH THE
TEACHERS COLLEGES, THEY RUN
THEM.
EVERYBODY HAS TO GO THROUGH
THEM.
AND THEY DON’T WANT ANY
DISRUPTION, WHAT THEY ARE DOING
IS SCARING THE HECK OUT OF THEM.
MY FATHER WAS IN THE MILITARY
FOR 34 YEARS AND GOT OUT TO.
HE BECAME A PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHER, BUT HE HAD TO GO BACK
TO SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS GETTING
HIS MASTERS.
AND WOULD’VE BEEN AMAZING FOR
HIM WITH ALL OF THE EXPERIENCE,
34 YEARS IN THE MILITARY, AND HE
IS SO SMART.
HE IS SO PATIENT, ENDED UP BEING
A COACH, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT
THING THAT GOVERNOR DeSANTIS
IS DOING AND I THINK THAT I
SAYING YOUR BACHELOR’S DEGREE IS
EFFICIENT AND A PhD IS
SUFFICIENT AND GETTING RID OF
ALLOWING THIS MONOPOLY OF THE
TEACHERS COLLEGES WHICH ARE RUN
AND PARTNERED WITH THE TEACHERS
UNION, THIS IS A REAL
DISRUPTION, IN ADDITION TO WHAT
YOU JUST SAID, DANA, WHICH IS
THE NEW OPENING UP OF ATTACHING
THE MONEY TO A CHILD, SCHOOL
CHOICE, HOMESCHOOLING, ALL OF