Eleanor Holmes Norton: “As the daughter of a public school teacher, an essential and prized profession, I never expected to see a shortage of…”

“As the daughter of a public school teacher, an essential and prized profession, I never expected to see a shortage of 100,000 teachers. It is catastrophic, especially now when children are being vaccinated and returning to in-person learning. The teacher shortage adds urgency to President Biden's Build Back Better agenda, which features teacher residences and grow-your-own programs to improve outcomes and develop more teachers of color. As a ranking member who helped write the pending infrastructure bill, I particularly applaud the Build Back Better agenda's investments in upgrading school infrastructure with resilient, energy-efficient buildings enriched with technology and the labs students need for the jobs of the future. ____________________”