teacher shortage. so we know the struggles but what about the solution? well we brought together a group of 7 educators from across the country to help us navigate these challenges. and bridge gap between parents and teachers here s part one of that conversation. watch. thank you y all for being with me great to have your beautiful faces teachers you re the backbone of our kids that spent majority of time with you guys thank you for taking time to talk with us there s so much to talk about with education today but i want to really go back to decision that you guys made and why, why did you decide to be an educator? i ll start with you, elizabeth. i knew when i was in college that i wanted to help people. i wanted to make a difference in the world and that was reason for going into teaching. bridget? i had influential teachers with my friends and we would go home from school and we would play school so kind of been in me since i was young. lawrence: when did you deci
teacher shortage. so we know the struggles but what about the solution? well we brought together a group of 7 educators from across the country to help us navigate these challenges. and bridge gap between parents and teachers here s part one of that conversation. watch. thank you y all for being with me great to have your beautiful faces teachers you re the backbone of our kids that spent majority of time with you guys thank you for taking time to talk with us there s so much to talk about with education today but i want to really go back to decision that you guys made and why, why did you decide to be an educator? i ll start with you, elizabeth. i knew when i was in college that i wanted to help people. i wanted to make a difference in the world and that was reason for going into teaching. bridget? i had influential teachers with my friends and we would go home from school and we would play school so kind of been in me since i was young. lawrence: when did you deci
teacher shortage. so we know the struggles but what about the solution? well we brought together a group of 7 educators from across the country to help us navigate these challenges. and bridge gap between parents and teachers here s part one of that conversation. watch. thank you y all for being with me great to have your beautiful faces teachers you re the backbone of our kids that spent majority of time with you guys thank you for taking time to talk with us there s so much to talk about with education today but i want to really go back to decision that you guys made and why, why did you decide to be an educator? i ll start with you, elizabeth. i knew when i was in college that i wanted to help people. i wanted to make a difference in the world and that was reason for going into teaching. bridget? i had influential teachers with my friends and we would go home from school and we would play school so kind of been in me since i was young. lawrence: when did you deci
play school so kind of been in me since i was young. lawrence: when did you decide to be an educator? i was a little bit late. i decided when i was doing my masters. i found this one incredible teacher, and i realized how much like she had an influence in all of us in the classroom. and then i felt like okay i should be doing, i want to do this. lawrence:last two years have been hard for children and educators. so tell me, what is the biggest challenge for you as an educator? the biggest challenge right now, i think, is that we re overwhelmed. you know, prior to the pandemic, reading levels in this country were in the decline math levels in this country were in the decline. during the pandemic we lost two years in the classroom. and so now, teachers tutors
play school so kind of been in me since i was young. lawrence: when did you decide to be an educator? i was a little bit late. i decided when i was doing my masters. i found this one incredible teacher, and i realized how much like she had an influence in all of us in the classroom. and then i felt like okay i should be doing, i want to do this. lawrence:last two years have been hard for children and educators. so tell me, what is the biggest challenge for you as an educator? the biggest challenge right now, i think, is that we re overwhelmed. you know, prior to the pandemic, reading levels in this country were in the decline math levels in this country were in the decline. during the pandemic we lost two years in the classroom. and so now, teachers tutors