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I also want to add that it can get even more complicated than simply rich vs poor districts. I feel that public education is not the HIGHEST priority in many di
by BBalzagn 7y ago
I also want to add that it can get even more complicated than simply rich vs poor districts. I feel that public education is not the HIGHEST priority in many districts around the nation. One example, Hillsborough county in Florida recently voted to raise taxes to assist with providing public high schools with proper access to air conditioning. Their schools do not have proper public transportation (school buses) or access to proper HVAC across one of the larger counties here in Florida.
- yardie 7y agoIt gets worse. In a few years they won't even have access to teachers nor a properly functioning classroom. There is an entire demographic of teachers approaching retirement and we don't have enough qualified teachers entering, and staying, in the field to replace them.
- magduf 7y ago>In a few years they won't even have access to teachers nor a properly functioning classroom. There is an entire demographic of teachers approaching retirement and we don't have enough qualified teachers entering, and staying, in the field to replace them. Yeah, for good reason: the career is terrible, so it shouldn't be a big surprise that no quality people want to go into it, and when someone good does get into it, they burn out quickly and leave. But government and society don't want to do anything about that. Teachers in this country face lousy pay, uninterested, disrespectful, and sometimes violent students, occasional school mass shootings, incompetent coworkers and administration, etc. Why would a well-educated person want to go into this field?