“You can be sure there will be a teacher in every classroom, but how well prepared that teacher is is questionable when there's such a disparity between supply and demand.”
“I would say in many ways it's not a good time to be a teacher. Going to teach at a school identified as needing improvement is very challenging. In a sense, your school has been tarred. Teachers are blamed.”
“It's really unfair to our young teachers and discouraging them from entering the profession, particularly in the most challenging teaching environments where they're most needed.”