Hundreds of thousands of teachers leave the profession every year as states struggle to hire and retain them.
The nominee for Education Secretary was announced in December.
States could use funds appropriated by the American Rescue Plan to rehire retired teachers, help universities push student teachers into classrooms earlier, and improve working conditions for educators, according to Cardona.
Instead of expecting people in teacher training programs to go without salaries, he suggested using the federalStimulus money to pay student- teachers.
The Covid-19 outbreak pushed teachers out of the profession because they weren't being respected when schools were closed, according to Cardona.
Cardona argued that states need to support teachers and improve their conditions.
Cardona said that the federal government has worked to allow the funds to be used in that way, despite the fact that the Biden Administration can't force state and local governments to use the funds to hire more teachers.
The teacher shortage is a symptom of something that has been going on for a long time. We're going to constantly deal with shortage issues unless we're serious about providing competitive salaries for our educators.
School districts have hesitated to use aid appropriated by the American Rescue Plan to hire additional teachers because the funding is short-term The newly-hired teachers would have to be paid with the district's budget or be laid off.
The largest chunk of federal funding ever dispersed to U.S. schools came from the American Rescue Plan. The money must be spent by local school districts by September 2024 if it is to be used. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there was a 3% decline in the number of public school teachers and staff leaving the workforce from February 2020 to May 2022. According to a survey of National Education Association members, more than half of all US teachers are considering leaving education early. In recent years, teachers have had to deal with remote learning, renewed worries about safety after an increase in school shootings and contentious debates about Covid-19 safety protocols.
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