school, some schools have more than 70 students and in other rooms paraeducators are teaching lessons prepared by a certified teacher. i struggled with math. if i was sitting in that classroom, i needed help, i needed somebody to break it down in a different way. if there s nobody that has the content knowledge to do that, i m going to shut down. i think many of our students might be shutting down as well. cnn s gabe cohen reporting there. family, friends and fans are remembering leslie jordan. he died in a car crash early at the age of 67. he was small in stature but he brought laughs to millions in the height of the covid pandemic. hello, fella hunka downer. just having to make up things to do, pass the time. i came up with a good one today though. i painted my toenails. jordan was best named for playing beverly leslie in the
results showing math and reading scores for 9-year-olds fell by a level not seen in decades. the federal government is pumping billions in relief funds into districts. requiring them to spend at least 20% on learning loss. schools nationwide have been trying to hire more staff. but with teacher burnout and fewer new teachers, many schools face a teacher shortage. especially if rural areas and those with more low income families and students of color. at casa grande union high school in arizona, some classes have more than 70 students and in other rooms para educators are teaching lessons prepared br a certified teacher. i struggled with math and if i was sitting in that classroom, i need somebody to break it down a different way. if there is nobody who has the content knowledge to do that, i m going to shut down and i think many of the our students
decades. the federal government is pumping millions into districts, requiring them to spend at least 20% on learning loss. schools nationwide have been trying to hire more staff but with teacher burnout and fewer new teachers, many schools face a teacher shortage, especially in rural areas and those with more low income families and students of color. afternoon. ids, please. reporter: in arizona, some classes have more than 70 students, and in other rooms, edge educators are teaching lessons made by another educator. if there s nobody who has the content knowledge to do that, i m going to shut down and i m thinking many students might be shuts down as well. what makes these math scores particularly tricky is that many parents feel much more
focus on the students that i m standing in front of every day. you re worried kids will slip through the cracks. absolutely. reporter: dr. christy heads the teachers union in prince george s county. they were falling through the cracks before and they are going to it s going to be like opening the floodgates. reporter: casa grand s elementary school district is one of many that s moved to a four-day week to retain staff. their high schools are looking to hire more teachers from overseas, in some classrooms para educators are teaching lessons prepared by a licensed teacher like stacy brady. do you think the shortage is going to get worse? i think it will. my biggest fear is that some kid of getting hurt in some way, emotionally or physically in the room and i m not able to see it because there s so many students in the room. right now most districts are actually trying to hire more staff than usual to help with the issues of the learning loss that kids are dealing with
cash. but weirdly enough that freedom comes with less freedom like barring schools from teaching lessons on race right wingers call critical race theory and monitoring view points of professors and blocking private employers and schools from mandating vaccines or masks and desantis signed an anti riot law to crack down on police brutality protests and protect drivers who hit protesters with their cars. the federal judge blocked enforcement of that law but if there is one thing you re really not free to do in ron desantis s free state of florida, it s criticize the governor. ben frasier was handcuffed on tuesday as he tried to attend the governor s press conference. the governor can meet with the people. he s an enemy of the people. he s an enemy of the people. eop. he s an enemy of the people. ben frasier, former