“The shortage was very real before the pandemic and has been exacerbated,” said Dr. Sean Schweizer, the associate superintendent at East Maine District 63 in Illinois. “Just a few years ago when we had an elementary school classroom teaching job we would get a few hundred applicants and now we’re getting 10 to 20 and right now we’re getting almost no applicants.”
Headline should read: “Difficult teaching environments with diverse populations have trouble attracting teachers.” East Maine is a difficult and low achieving school district. 40% of students are English Learners and over half 52% are low income. More than half the students can’t even met their grade level goals.
Who wants that job? And since they can’t learn to read or do basic math, the state will soon require they learn about social justice activism and progressive dogma!
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Headline should read: “Difficult teaching environments with diverse populations have trouble attracting teachers.” East Maine is a difficult and low achieving school district. 40% of students are English Learners and over half 52% are low income. More than half the students can’t even met their grade level goals.
Who wants that job? And since they can’t learn to read or do basic math, the state will soon require they learn about social justice activism and progressive dogma!