Make no mistake about it there is a severe teacher shortage. When Kane County, as of this morning, advertisers on its website (teachinkane.org) that it has 207 openings then you know there is a significant shortfall. Among the openings are the need for 40 elementary school teachers, 69 high school teachers and another 35 in the middle schools.
That is just one county in the State of Illinois. Imagine the openings in Cook County. And this crisis is not isolated to one county or merely one state. This is a nationwide problem of significant importance.
Ah, the word importance. The fact that thousands of jobs are available in teaching and the fact that Education Departments at many universities don't have enough teacher candidates is certainly alarming. Personally, what I find alarming is that I don't get the sense that the larger public sees a problem and if they do; well, so what!!
We might very well be beyond a crisis. My friends...we are.
Dick
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