Florida's Teacher Shortage Is Getting Worse

[Sancho]

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-teacher-shortage-getting-worse-1819509?

There were 5,294 teacher vacancies in Florida in January this year, according to the Florida Education Association's (FEA) count of vacancies posted on district websites. The number of support staff vacancies was 4,631.

There were 6,920 advertised vacancies for teachers as of August 7, according to the FEA's latest count. Students in most Florida school districts went back to school on August 10. There were also another 5,072 advertised vacancies for support staff.

The FEA blames the high number of vacancies on the education policies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

He's signed legislation on a number of education issues, including what he called the Stop WOKE Act last year that limits how race can be taught in classrooms. Earlier this year, he signed an expansion of what critics call the "Don't Say Gay" law, barring classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades.

[Solly Mack]

1. It's not as if DeSantis wants actual teaching/learning taking place in Florida.

He needs someone to turn the TV on, play PragerU bullshit, then give the same 3 questions test for every subject.

1. Who invented everything?

White men.

2. Who made life possible for everyone?

White men.

3. America is great because of?

White men.

[TheRealNorth]

15. Pretty much ☝️

[Cha]

2. Can't imagine Why... Fascism Or

get the hell out.

[Roy Rolling]

3. Tip of the Iceberg

That’s a great example. And also in a local county (dark red) they just announced a massive teacher shortage, too.

Why doesn’t capitalism work? 😂😂😂

[Bucky]

7. Capitalism works

Most of those teachers have gone to other states or other jobs. This is supply and demanded a nutshell.

As Adam Smith pointed out, part of capitalism includes some enterprises failing. Looks like Florida education is one of them

[keopeli]

4. This is also a big drain on strong Democratic votes for Florida.

[GPV]

9. Good point

[DFW]

5. Oh, so THAT's what "WOKE" means and is why De Doo Ron Ron hates it

We Overemphasize Kids' Education

Well, of course any Republican governor will be against that.

[William769]

6. I remember in my day as a Florida student

We had an overabundance of teachers. Florida school boards were paying sign on bonuses to get the best of the best.

Did I mention Florida was run by Democrats then.

[tavernier]

8. My grandson will graduate as a history teacher from FGCU next year.

His dad is a teacher at a high school here in southern Florida. We talked about the pros and cons this weekend. A definite pro is that he will have no problem finding a job. The downside, of course, is that he won’t be allowed to teach the way he would like. But his father assured him that this too will pass, and that the remaining teachers in Florida are counting on this, biding their time, and teaching the importance of voting to their students.

[GPV]

10. Thanks for the hope!

[FBaggins]

11. Any comparison to other states?

[sarcasmo]

12. Brain Drain

[tanyev]

13. Imagine hanging in through Covid and then having to deal with DeSantis policies.

I'd quit, too.

[lindysalsagal]

14. Florida: If all states were retail stores, Florida would be Family Dollar.

[Tree Lady]

16. My neighbor and his wife both teachers

just moved near Tampa this summer and now are working as 1st and 5th grade teachers.

Both strong democrats and not afraid to say so on FB. Will be interesting to see how it goes.

[moonshinegnomie]

17. id like to see top universitys announce stricter standards for florida admissions

and blame it on floridas education standards

[twodogsbarking]

18. The children will now have to learn valuable skills instead of education.