Politics: Education with Trump

Concerns me so bad. My plublic school, high school teacher daughter just finished her Masters this spring. Tons of student loans. Teaches Spanish.

We tried to talk our daughter out of being an education major and she’ll be graduating in the spring. I am going to highly suggest that she look into all of her options of what she can do. I will be surprised if they don’t come after schools right away.

I think if she focuses her job search in states that value public education and fund it well, she'll be fine for several years at least.

Private schools are also an option and the higher end ones in big cities do pay well. 

That said, once she gets about 10-15 years in, she's going to reach the point where she's maybe not so enchanted with her job any more, but she's making enough that it would be a pay cut to start over again in another career. So if she has any ideas about going to grad school for another pursuit, don't put that off too long.

I posted this on one of the other threads, but I am really concerned about this.

All the kids I tutor either have a 504 or an IEP. Every single one of them, 2nd-11th grade, has had multiple issues with schools and/or teachers providing accommodations and/or services that they are legally entitled to for their various needs. And I live in a blue part of Oregon. Two of the families have had to get lawyers involved to get things in place. And I am not talking about extreme things. I am talking like, providing extra time for kids with ADHD and having a space where a dyslexic student can have a quiet place to do speech to text for writing. We decided I would leave the classroom when our own DD was diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and ADHD in 3rd grade and it was clear that they wanted to lay the blame at the feet of the 8 year old by calling her lazy. It is nothing but straight out privilege that we could adjust to one income so I could teach our child. And she is better for it. But how many kids are sitting in classrooms everyday who don't have a parent in my position? Millions of them. 1 in 5 has dyslexia. And dismantling the Dept of Ed and leaving it up to the states is a disaster waiting to happen for any kind of progress.

I remember in 2001, I had just entered the classroom and No Child Left Behind because a thing. Reading, Math, and Science were the subjects that had required testing. Social Studies had an optional test but I don't think my state ever did it. And I remember, even in my youth, thinking..."What in the world is going to happen if we become all about testing and teach to the test and there's no social studies test?" Well, you know what happened? Teaching social studies went on the back burner. Sure, it was still required for graduation and was in the standards but that was the beginning of the end of history not being taught anymore. And here we are.

I am so glad that I’m retired. I suspect that there will be a teacher shortage in red states. More private and religious schools, where the pay is craptastic.

that last link is one of the scariest things I have read.