I am a Baby Boomer. For you young folks in the audience, that means I am old. Our generation currently makes up about 22% of the population with around 10,000 of us a day turning 65. That means we are getting really old. By 2030, all of us will be at least 65.
I retired from teaching in 2021. I was blessed to spend my 36 year career in my hometown. My father taught there for 38 years and my mother 41. We loved it. I have three adult children but only one of them chose to go into education as a career. This last year, 20 of my fellow teachers, out of a staff of around 50 at the high school, also either retired or went somewhere else.
I share this to highlight that a crisis is looming in our state as the forewarned teacher shortage evolves to full bloom. It is well documented that in the next 4-5 years, there will be more teachers retiring and leaving the field than we currently have people enrolled in teacher education programs in Arkansas. We are also told that 4% of our teachers don’t currently hold a state teaching license compared...
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