NEA Doesn't Need "Real Solutions" - the NEA Needs to Be Disbanded - Teachers Are Being Forced Out by Digitalization

Editor's note: The public school system in America is a failure. It's broke. It's not working. It is time for massive reform, either that or remove your children and do whatever it take to get them educated. Better yet, homeschool them. It is quite stunning really when you think about it. Why would parents who create a child turn them over to the state for education? There are better ways to educate children, that is of course if people want to educate them. The National Education Association (NEA) is America's largest labor union and is heavily involved in politics. That is where the cleaving of children's minds begins in public schools creating the antagonism between the political left and right. The NEA is also deeply entangled in state and local politics and is a major contributor to left-of-center nonprofit organizations. Are you sure you want your children in that toxic environment? Teachers are leaving the profession because the NEA is prioritizing digital curriculums over the right of children to be educated without being data mined. Teachers are being forced out by digitalization.

Teachers Leave National Education Association, Say Union Pushes Politics With Member Dues
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Source: NEA

NEA: Real Solutions, Not Band-Aids, Will Fix Educator Shortage

Recruiting and retaining teachers and support staff begins with better pay. But much more needs to be done.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Educators nationwide have been underpaid, undervalued, and under-resourced for years, leading many to exit the profession.

2. Recent efforts to address the growing crisis have relied in large part on ineffective stopgap measures and even gimmicks. Educator shortages will only be fixed with systemic, sustained solutions, said NEA President Becky Pringle.

3. This week, NEA released a white paper outlining a wide variety of evidence-based, long-term strategies and solutions to recruit and retain educators.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed what anyone who works in public schools has known for some time: The nationwide educator shortage is as dire, if not worse, as initially feared. The federal survey found that 53 percent of public schools reported being understaffed at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, and 60 percent said they had been grappling with open support-staff positions since the start of the pandemic.

A National Education Association (NEA) survey sounded the alarm back in February when it found that a staggering 55 percent of educators—teachers and education support professionals (ESPs)—were thinking of leaving the profession earlier than they had planned.

More than 50 percent of educators are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned, according to a National Education Association (NEA) survey. This represents a significant increase from 37 percent six months earlier and is true for educators regardless of age or years teaching, driving buses, or serving meals to students.

In his 26 years in the classroom, Ohio high school teacher Dan Greenberg has never seen anything like it. "Across the board, there have been significant drops in the number of applications for open positions in my school district," he says. "We have been unable to fill certain positions like special education, media specialist, and gifted education. But even subjects that [used to be] relatively easy to attract teaching candidates are going unfilled. It's unprecedented."

Unfortunately, these "unprecedented" shortages could become the new normal unless the nation finds a way to address the recruitment and retention crisis plaguing our schools.

This week, NEA released a blueprint on how to get us there. The white paper outlines long-term strategies and solutions that are effective at recruiting and retaining educators. Most importantly, the strategies reflect the needs and priorities of educators themselves.

This is not about temporary pay bonuses, putting unqualified individuals in the classroom, increasing class sizes or increasing the caseload or workload on already overtaxed educators.

What is needed is a comprehensive strategy that targets long-standing structural deficiencies that have made the profession undesirable, says NEA President Becky Pringle.

"Too often people want a silver bullet solution or will implement a Band-Aid approach. These shortages are severe," Pringle says. "They are chronic. And the educator shortages gripping our public schools, colleges and universities will only be fixed with systemic, sustained solutions."

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