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HRG. 118–468  \nTHE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS: LOW PAY, TEACHER SHORTAGES, AND UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS  \nHEARING  \nOF THE  \nCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE  \nONE HUNDRED EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS  \nSECOND SESSION  \nON  \nEXAMINING THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, FOCUSING ON LOW PAY, TEACHER SHORTAGES, AND UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS  \nJUNE 20, 2024  \nPrinted for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions  \n(  \nAvailable via the World Wide Web: [http://www.govinfo.gov](http://www.govinfo.gov)  \nU.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 57–244 PDF WASHINGTON : 2025  \nBERNIE SANDERS (I), Vermont, Chairman  \nPATTY MURRAY, Washington  \nROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut TIM KAINE, Virginia  \nMAGGIE HASSAN, New Hampshire TINA SMITH, Minnesota  \nBEN RAY LUJ`AN, New Mexico JOHN HICKENLOOPER, Colorado ED MARKEY, Massachusetts  \nBILL CASSIDY, M.D., Louisiana, Ranking Member  \nRAND PAUL, Kentucky  \nSUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska MIKE BRAUN, Indiana  \nROGER MARSHALL, M.D., Kansas MITT ROMNEY, Utah  \nTOMMY TUBERVILLE, Alabama MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma TED BUDD, North Carolina  \nWARREN GUNNELS, Majority Staff Director BILL DAUSTER, Majority Deputy Staff Director AMANDA LINCOLN, Minority Staff Director DANIELLE JANOWSKI, Minority Deputy Staff Director  \n(II)  \nC O N T E N T S  \nSTATEMENTS  \nTHURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2024  \nPage  \nCOMMITTEE MEMBERS  \nSanders, Hon. Bernie, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Opening statement ...................................................................... 1  \nCassidy, Hon. Bill, Ranking Member, U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana, Opening statement .................................................................................. 3  \nWITNESSES  \nArthur, John, Teacher at Meadowlark Elementary, Holladay, UT ..................... 6  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 8  \nSummary statement ......................................................................................... 11  \nKeyes, Gemayel, Teacher at Gilbert Spruance Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA ................................................................................................................ 11  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 13  \nSummary statement ......................................................................................... 15  \nKirwan, William E., Dr., Vice-Chair of Maryland’s Accountability and Implementation Board, Rockville, MD ......................................................................... 16  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 18  \nSummary statement ......................................................................................... 20  \nPondiscio, Robert, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Medusa, NY 21  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 23  \nSummary statement ......................................................................................... 26  \nNeily, Nicole, President and Founder, Parents Defending Education, Arlington, VA .................................................................................................................. 26  \nPrepared statement .......................................................................................... 29  \nSummary statement ......................................................................................... 41  \nADDITIONAL MATERIAL  \nStatements, articles, publications, letters, etc.  \nCassidy, Hon. Bill:  \nIllinois Policy, Chicago Teachers Union Fails to Turn $68K per Student  \nInto Even ","cbCaij8ZGIQBHQ1K","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij8ZGIQBHQ1K","pdf",12212780,65,"English","# STATEMENTS\n## COMMITTEE MEMBERS\n## WITNESSES\n## ADDITIONAL MATERIAL","[{\"question\":\"What issues are the hearing focused on regarding public school teachers?\",\"answer\":\"The hearing examines low pay, teacher shortages, and underfunded public schools, addressing both immediate and long-term challenges.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the opening remarks describe working conditions for public school teachers?\",\"answer\":\"They emphasize that teachers are overworked, underpaid, understaffed, and underappreciated, with increased anxiety, stress, and burnout intensified by the pandemic.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the transcript indicate about teacher turnover?\",\"answer\":\"It states that nearly 8 percent of teachers leave the profession each year, described as about double the rate in countries such as Canada.\"}]","THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS - LOW PAY, TEACHER SHORTAGES, AND UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Hearing | PDF",1792063169,164]