Building a New Social Contract for Teachers
Posted by The Philadelphia Citizen on December 3, 2024
Teaching, as has been said, is the profession upon which all others are built — and the critical ingredient to a functional and inclusive society. Teachers build our nation daily. How we support them or come up short on that score goes a long way in determining how the common good flourishes or flounders in the future.
And while we’ve seen a slight easing in teacher shortages over the last year, in truth, it’s a de minimis decrease. Nearly half of schools across the country reported having difficulty filling positions. The challenge is often far greater in school systems serving Black, Brown and lower-income communities. Many historically difficult to staff areas — special education, mathematics, and more — remain stubbornly hard to fill.
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