Episode Notes

There are so many wonderful teachers out there. Teachers who don’t just view it as a job, but as a calling. Which is why it’s so disheartening to see education policy bandied about in state capitals by so many lawmakers who’ve never taught a class or asked a teacher what they need. Today, we’re looking at the state of public education teaching in Virginia… The serious shortages in teachers and substitute teachers across the state. The bogeyman of critical race theory. And the need to attract new teachers – and what’s getting in the way of that.