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Podcast: The Peoples Voice Podcast
Episode: Under-Qualified Teachers in K-12 Education: A Silent Crisis
Description: Do you know who is teaching your children? Many parents don't, and recent data reveals a disheartening truth – numerous K-12 schools are employing teachers who lack certification, education credentials, or subject matter experience to educate students. The use of under-qualified teachers has been steadily increasing over the last decade and a half, but it has exploded during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. As qualified and experienced tenured teachers retire, the shortage of millennials and Generation Z individuals who have chosen not to pursue teaching as a career further exacerbates this crisis. In this episode I discuss the use of under-qualified te...