The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools. Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Second Session on Examining the Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers, Focusing on Low Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools (June 20, 2024). Senate Hearing 118-468

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Public School Teachers; Barriers; Teacher Salaries; Teacher Shortage; Educational Finance; Educational Equity (Finance); Disadvantaged Schools; Public Schools; Elementary Secondary Education

This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines the immediate and long-term challenges facing public school teachers, including low pay, teacher shortages, and underfunded public schools. Opening statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Bernie Sanders, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and (2) Honorable Bill Cassidy, Ranking Member, a U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana. The following witnesses presented statements: (1) John Arthur, Teacher at Meadowlark Elementary, Holladay, Utah; (2) Gemayel Keyes, Teacher at Gilbert Spruance Elementary School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (3) Dr. William E. Kirwan, Vice-Chair of Maryland's Accountability and Implementation Board, Rockville, Maryland; (4) Robert Pondiscio, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Medusa, New York; and (5) Nicole Neily, President and Founder, Parents Defending Education, Arlington, Virginia. Additional material of statements, articles, publications, letters, etc. were presented by Honorable Bill Cassidy, Illinois Policy, Chicago Teachers Union Fails to Turn $68K per Student Into Even 1 Academic Win.

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ED673599