SweetSue92
Diamond Member
Hey, all you perpetual b1tchers of "public education". Did you get that number? Did it settle in?
At my son's college graduation yesterday, TWENTY SIX students graduated with a degree in education. Enough to fill exactly ONE elementary school of decent size in the ENTIRE STATE.
And in case you ask: yes, it formally was known as a very good education school and no, no one is going into education anymore. So while you continue to whine and moan, congrats on being nothing more than 21st century armchair complainers like everyone else. You generally have no idea what's going on but have taken society down a few more pegs with your incessant complaints.
When former felons fill the classrooms now, look in the mirror.
MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. — According to a survey of Michigan school superintendents, more than half started the 2019-20 school year with unfilled teaching positions.
It left school administrators scrambling to find long-term subs to fill the classroom positions.
And the growing need for teachers isn't new for superintendents like Brian Davis, superintendent of Holland Public Schools.
Davis is concerned about a significant decline in the number of students in Michigan graduating from educator preparation programs.
In the 2003-04 school year, Michigan issued 9,664 new teaching certificates. The number dropped in 2017-18 to 3,819.
"That should be heightened cause for concern," Davis said.
Lakeshore educators say teacher shortage will be a challenge for years to come
At my son's college graduation yesterday, TWENTY SIX students graduated with a degree in education. Enough to fill exactly ONE elementary school of decent size in the ENTIRE STATE.
And in case you ask: yes, it formally was known as a very good education school and no, no one is going into education anymore. So while you continue to whine and moan, congrats on being nothing more than 21st century armchair complainers like everyone else. You generally have no idea what's going on but have taken society down a few more pegs with your incessant complaints.
When former felons fill the classrooms now, look in the mirror.
MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. — According to a survey of Michigan school superintendents, more than half started the 2019-20 school year with unfilled teaching positions.
It left school administrators scrambling to find long-term subs to fill the classroom positions.
And the growing need for teachers isn't new for superintendents like Brian Davis, superintendent of Holland Public Schools.
Davis is concerned about a significant decline in the number of students in Michigan graduating from educator preparation programs.
In the 2003-04 school year, Michigan issued 9,664 new teaching certificates. The number dropped in 2017-18 to 3,819.
"That should be heightened cause for concern," Davis said.
Lakeshore educators say teacher shortage will be a challenge for years to come