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Sometimes I do things just because it might make a good article. Or a newsletter. Or a blog post. 

When I was writing regularly for education publications, I was always scouring social media and talking to sources to find fresh ideas about schools. At the beginning of 2022, the covid crisis was over and schools were open — all great news — but schools were reeling from a huge staffing crisis. Many teachers left, because they didn’t want to go back in the classroom. And schools couldn’t find workers for their lowest wage jobs — bus drivers, substitute teachers, and classroom aides. Those folks suddenly made more money working in Amazon warehouses and making coffee in Starbucks, so they all quit. 

So, I decided to get my substitute license to see if the process for getting the license was also discouraging people. Might make a good article, I thought.

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