'Some of the comments I have heard from teachers are very angry. They feel very devalued,' said a Kansas City Board of Education member.
Teachers around the U.S. are in short supply due to absences and the COVID-19 pandemic, and schools have seen everyone from soldiers, officers, analysts, and, more recently, 18-year-old high school graduates being teachers.
Schools are also calling for custodians, librarians and support staff to help cover classrooms, as well. In California, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, governors allow schools to use retired teachers for short-term assignments. State workforce employees are allowed to take up to 30 hours of administrative leave to work as substitute teachers or in other school positions., board member of the Kansas City Education Board.
Public school students protest outside of the Chicago Public Schools headquarters after walking out of their classrooms on January 14, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. The students walked out of class to demand a voice in the ongoing battle between the school district and the teacher's union over COVID-19 safety measures.
"We're saying we can take this classroom teacher, who's trained in pedagogy and everything that comes with that, and just replace them with someone off the street? And we're going to do that because it's a crisis?" he asked.
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