We need to find investments to get teachers, people that want to teach. We've lost so many teachers during this pandemic. And you look at our colleges around the state and There aren't people going into the teaching profession because we've in many ways deprofessionalized [the] profession. And kids are going to graduate with $50,000 worth of debt and the first five years they're not going to make anywhere near 50 grand a year to pay for that debt. (17:52–18:02)
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Asserts that the teaching profession has been deprofessionalized, leading to fewer people entering the field.
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