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Governor Phil Murphy issued an executive order late last week to create the task force to “help the state address the challenges facing our educational workforce” and develop short- and long-term recommendations to increase the number of teachers.
The reality is that if New Jersey wants more teacher candidates, maybe we should listen to what young teachers actually say about their profession. Why is there a teacher shortage? It turns out the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), knew the answer all along: young teachers were dissatisfied with the teaching profession and made their reasons very clear to the NEA in a 2014 report.
This information is highly relevant to New Jersey’s current teacher shortage. There has been a lively public debate about the causes of the shortage, and it is essential to identify the causes if there are to be effective solutions.
The Sunlight Policy Center discovered a 2014 study by the NJEA’s national parent, the National Education Association (NEA), in which young teachers were asked why they were disengaged from the union. It turns out the young teachers were focused on students and instruction while the union was focused on politics.
In the report, the teachers said:
“[T]he NEA places far greater emphasis on ‘bread and butter’ issues and broader political advocacy than instructional issues.”
And they found the union-dominated system valued egalitarianism and seniority while they valued teaching skills and knowledge:
“Faced with an antiquated system that values seniority, egalitarianism … early career teachers choose to disengage rather than try and fight an uphill battle against the values largely embraced by current union structures and programs.”
The NJEA and NEA did not listen to their own teachers. The union-dominated system remains the same. Politics and seniority rule. Is it any surprise that the younger generation does not find teaching to be an attractive career?
The report being cited was 50 young teachers from 13 states (not including New Jersey) voicing their opinions. Their image of what the union should be had absolutely nothing to do with what a union is, and what a union can actually do.
the NJEA has ruined public education
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