After joining @FLOTUS, @AmbRice46, @SecCardona, and @SecMartyWalsh at the White House today to discuss the country's teacher shortage, I spoke with @CNN about the solutions we discussed. 🧵
As I said on @CNN, we have to do something about the compensation. We have to do something about the conditions. We have to do something about making sure that teachers have the tools, trust, and respect.
Teachers want to make a difference in the lives of kids, but when you want to raise a family, and you want to live in the communities in which you teach, and you want to buy a home, it's really hard to make ends meet when you know you can get paid 20-25% more in another job.
We have a lot of money from the American Rescue Plan & that was really important in terms of dealing with the after effects of COVID, which we're still living through, but we have to focus on #WhatKidsNeed this year & an ongoing investment in schools.
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