0:00Secretary Miguel Cardona, Ed.D.
0:00U.S. Department of Education
0:00ΔΩ HMH
0:00When we talk about teacher shortages,
0:01I talk about them as
0:02a symptom of a teacher
0:03respect issue in this country.
0:06I talk about the ABCs of teaching.
0:08Agency as A,
0:10you know, let's treat them
0:11and let them make decisions.
0:14B is better working conditions,
0:16ensuring that there are enough
0:17mental health supports
0:18for students and staff.
0:20That teachers are not always
0:21being asked to do more with less.
0:23That teachers are not normalizing
0:25working in a 95 degree classroom in June,
0:27because there's no air conditioning in a building
0:30that's over 100 years old,
0:31that no other corporation
0:32would allow their employees to work in.
0:34That's B.
0:35C is competitive salary.
0:37On average, teachers
0:38make 24% less than people
0:40with similar degrees
0:41in other professions.
0:42Why do we normalize that?
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