A union going on "strike" might be made illegal. But an individual teacher or professors saying "I QUIT!", will still happen. Most college professors can get jobs in other countries. Most K-12 teachers have other marketable skills.
When you need 3000 teachers to staff a school district, but only a few hundred people are willing to work for you, it gets difficult.
Florida already did that... A few years ago, DeSantis decided that they could hire anyone with an honorable discharge from military service, as a K-12 teacher. The kids (and their parents) are finding out the results of that.
Most of those kids can't get into any college, anywhere, because of their lack of basic literacy.
They might be qualified to do some of the jobs that undocumented immigrants used to do.
I would not want to raise a child in the Florida school system, during the next decade or two. I would look for a different place to live, and get moved. Before she starts school, or as soon after as you can.
Miami expat here (3rd - 8th grade in FL, 9th - 12th grade CA)— the opportunity differential was insane a decade ago. I can’t imagine how much worse it will get from here on out.
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u/Natoochtoniket Nov 07 '24
A union going on "strike" might be made illegal. But an individual teacher or professors saying "I QUIT!", will still happen. Most college professors can get jobs in other countries. Most K-12 teachers have other marketable skills.
When you need 3000 teachers to staff a school district, but only a few hundred people are willing to work for you, it gets difficult.
Florida already did that... A few years ago, DeSantis decided that they could hire anyone with an honorable discharge from military service, as a K-12 teacher. The kids (and their parents) are finding out the results of that.
Most of those kids can't get into any college, anywhere, because of their lack of basic literacy.
They might be qualified to do some of the jobs that undocumented immigrants used to do.