actually quit, but even the fact that half of teachers want to quit within the next two years is a big concern for district leaders and policy makers. so what, very specifically and realistically, secretary, can be done to support them? well, i think supporting our students, bus drivers, teachers, everybody. as i said earlier, our helpers need helpers. helping them deal with their stress. giving them, you know, counsellors, you know, therapists. schools actually have more resources than they ve had in a long time. schools are dramatically underfurnitured. thanks to president biden, schools have more resources today. making sure teachers are dealing with the secondary trauma or primary trauma of what is going on in their own homes and lives. making sure they have a way to sustain themselves through the difficult time. it s hard to filibuster. it s hard to help our kids and we re feeling more full, more sustained, then our teachers can do a better job of helping our
i think i am. and the reason i am is because i think people understand the imperative to rebuild the physical infrastructure of this country and also to make sure we re investing in american families to strengthen them. the combination of the two puts us in a position where we can be more competitive in a very difficult global economy. this is key for broadband. we can provide these resources today, but at the end of the day, what we need is really we need the $65 billion in the infrastructure bill to really finish the job. we can t let 30 million americans rural and remote areas not have access to this 21st century infrastructure. there are a number of folks in urban areas, which, you know, maybe it is not falling into what we re talking about today in terms of that announcement of thesegrants for rural areas, but we know this impacts schoolchildren and families across the board. i m interested when we look at the infrastructure bill, we look at where the country is right now, y