Without denying that this is a huge problem (in fact it's a huge problem in almost every sector of the service economy), this is an incredibly reductionist and unuseful take on "the real crisis"...
Without denying that this is a huge problem (in fact it's a huge problem in almost every sector of the service economy), this is an incredibly reductionist and unuseful take on "the real crisis" of the teacher shortage in America. Teaching and school systems generally have been under constant attack for decades, from systematic defunding (and consequent pay restrictions and poor working conditions), constant demonization of teachers and teachers' unions from the usual suspects, and stripping teachers of any agency or authority while at the same time saddling them with all the accountability plus onerous education/certification requirements. This article seems on the surface to be the standard capitalist misdirection of blame away from the actual culprits.
This is an article about a specific issue in the overall crisis, and centred around real people having these very real problems. Yes, it's not a comprehensive 20000 word article summarizing the...
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This is an article about a specific issue in the overall crisis, and centred around real people having these very real problems. Yes, it's not a comprehensive 20000 word article summarizing the whole crisis. But why should any coverage of this crisis have to be? Why dismiss this article out of hand for the sin of not being that other kind of article?
This is a human story about how teachers are personally affected by housing and how it's a major contributor to the overall problem, to the point where it explains why simply raising teachers' salaries won't fix this issue. This is not a story about the whole crisis from a bird's eye view. This is a ground level view from a specific angle, one that's not nearly as considered as any from the list you provided. In fact that's the reason why such a subject is worth reading and learning about: it's new information and can show people that the situation is more complicated than "pay them more and it goes away". Unless you have further information that invalidates this article's premise entirely out of hand, and are suggesting that there is absolutely no reason to look at the housing crisis when considering the teaching crisis, I don't see why this should be dismissed out of hand so readily. There is value in such stories and the insistence that all information must be high level is limiting in a whole other way.
There is nothing reductionist about this article. It does not try to simplify the overall crisis at all and say "It's all because of housing!" This is not an "unuseful take" either, there's very real examples and situations described here. Can you honestly say you knew about everything in this article before?
I read this entire article and it was quite illuminating. To see it dismissed out of hand for reasons I do not recognize as representing this article, especially it being "useless", is quite a charge. If this is all based on just the headline alone: headlines are not chosen by the writer, and this submission adjusts the headline to be more accurate to the content, something done regularly on this site.
Recently, as housing prices have continued to soar throughout the United States, that barrier has become insurmountable for many, with teachers and school staff moving out of the district at alarming rates, leaving students, families, and the staff who stay without their lifeblood, left to pick up the pieces and rebuild until another crop of employees decides next year that it is time for them, too, to move on.
Eagle County is a dramatic example of what many say is a national crisis. The evidence is everywhere. In Arizona, a school district is building tiny homes to house its teachers. In Texas, a district purchased a motel to rent out the rooms as staff housing. In California, district leaders have asked families to rent spare rooms in their homes to educators struggling to find a place to live.
Inflation has caused the price of basic goods and services to go up, and in no industry has that been more extreme than housing, for both buyers and renters. Meanwhile, teacher salaries have remained mostly stagnant (or where they’ve increased, it’s been insufficient to match the rising costs of meeting basic needs). What many communities are finding is that when affordable housing is scarce, so are teachers.
It seems like the easy solution is to pay teachers more so they can afford to live in the districts they teach in versus bemoaning the lack of low-income housing. Why isn't this considered as a...
It seems like the easy solution is to pay teachers more so they can afford to live in the districts they teach in versus bemoaning the lack of low-income housing. Why isn't this considered as a solution?
Because teacher pay comes from taxes and higher teacher pay means increasing taxes. There is another thread on tildes today about how many conservatives are pushing for alternative schooling as...
Because teacher pay comes from taxes and higher teacher pay means increasing taxes. There is another thread on tildes today about how many conservatives are pushing for alternative schooling as well, with those families getting their tax money back to help send their kids to those alternative schools. This robs those districts of even more funds.
It's nice to say we need to pay teachers more. I am a teacher, and would love to earn more. The reality is that we're not moving towards that as a solution - rather, we're moving further from it.
So weird that we mandate that kids need to be schooled but don't mandate that they are given the necessary education resources for schooling. It's like deciding not to buy trucks for your local...
So weird that we mandate that kids need to be schooled but don't mandate that they are given the necessary education resources for schooling. It's like deciding not to buy trucks for your local fire department because it costs money. Or in this case, saying "why can't they make do with a 2008 honda civic? The problem is clearly a lack of affordable truck manufacturers"
Without denying that this is a huge problem (in fact it's a huge problem in almost every sector of the service economy), this is an incredibly reductionist and unuseful take on "the real crisis" of the teacher shortage in America. Teaching and school systems generally have been under constant attack for decades, from systematic defunding (and consequent pay restrictions and poor working conditions), constant demonization of teachers and teachers' unions from the usual suspects, and stripping teachers of any agency or authority while at the same time saddling them with all the accountability plus onerous education/certification requirements. This article seems on the surface to be the standard capitalist misdirection of blame away from the actual culprits.
This is an article about a specific issue in the overall crisis, and centred around real people having these very real problems. Yes, it's not a comprehensive 20000 word article summarizing the whole crisis. But why should any coverage of this crisis have to be? Why dismiss this article out of hand for the sin of not being that other kind of article?
This is a human story about how teachers are personally affected by housing and how it's a major contributor to the overall problem, to the point where it explains why simply raising teachers' salaries won't fix this issue. This is not a story about the whole crisis from a bird's eye view. This is a ground level view from a specific angle, one that's not nearly as considered as any from the list you provided. In fact that's the reason why such a subject is worth reading and learning about: it's new information and can show people that the situation is more complicated than "pay them more and it goes away". Unless you have further information that invalidates this article's premise entirely out of hand, and are suggesting that there is absolutely no reason to look at the housing crisis when considering the teaching crisis, I don't see why this should be dismissed out of hand so readily. There is value in such stories and the insistence that all information must be high level is limiting in a whole other way.
There is nothing reductionist about this article. It does not try to simplify the overall crisis at all and say "It's all because of housing!" This is not an "unuseful take" either, there's very real examples and situations described here. Can you honestly say you knew about everything in this article before?
I read this entire article and it was quite illuminating. To see it dismissed out of hand for reasons I do not recognize as representing this article, especially it being "useless", is quite a charge. If this is all based on just the headline alone: headlines are not chosen by the writer, and this submission adjusts the headline to be more accurate to the content, something done regularly on this site.
It seems like the easy solution is to pay teachers more so they can afford to live in the districts they teach in versus bemoaning the lack of low-income housing. Why isn't this considered as a solution?
Because teacher pay comes from taxes and higher teacher pay means increasing taxes. There is another thread on tildes today about how many conservatives are pushing for alternative schooling as well, with those families getting their tax money back to help send their kids to those alternative schools. This robs those districts of even more funds.
It's nice to say we need to pay teachers more. I am a teacher, and would love to earn more. The reality is that we're not moving towards that as a solution - rather, we're moving further from it.
So weird that we mandate that kids need to be schooled but don't mandate that they are given the necessary education resources for schooling. It's like deciding not to buy trucks for your local fire department because it costs money. Or in this case, saying "why can't they make do with a 2008 honda civic? The problem is clearly a lack of affordable truck manufacturers"