we have becky pringle, president of the national education association, the nation's largest teachers union, representing 3 million teachers and school personnel. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. it's good to be with you again. >> we are going to be talking about the teacher shortage and other issues facing public school teachers. nea, how many members you have, anything else you want to share with us. guest: i would love to talk about the nea. the nea is made up of over 3 million members who are teachers and nurses and school counselors and retired educators. they are support professionals. those who have made the choice to become teachers, we represent educators all over this country and around the world. we represent those who teach our servicemen and women across the world. we advocate for education professionals. every single student, everyone has what they need and what they deserve so they can live. we wake up every day fighting for our students, collaborating with our parents, and with our allies to make sure that our students have the resources and support they need

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you can see becky pringle and her thoughts on teacher shortages and other issues involving public schools. can factor that in. from new york, carmella in new york. talking about the grading of public schools. good morning, go ahead. >> -- teachers have also lost jobs. a lot of restrictions on teachers. some teachers wanted to go and teach but they were not able to. a lot of my friends are now homeschooled because of all the crazy situations. until health is high. i also feel like instead of giving into the -- >> can we get a big welcome home mr. president? [applause] [cheering] >> it is so wonderful to be here with all of you. i know you are thinking that the president is coming so what can we do to make this day special? at our recent pop-tu

it's not going to work out well for randi weingarten and becky pringle and all of these unions that arewith ads. there's millions of parents. there's far more of us than they are of them. it is not a good idea. >> trace: yeah, that's a fair assessment. the new jersey education association issued a statement. they're saying really that they're not really targeting all parents and they go on to sale "we're concerned by attempts that we've seen to limit what other people's children are allowed to read, learn or be exposed to. such efforts to censor information available to students limit the rights of parents who want a full honest well-rounded education for their children." so you know, the parents are not censoring information from other kids that can't get it. >> yeah, what is a full well-rounded education? that sounds great to me. but it's talking about puberty blockers and gender transitions in schools. these are not the kind of things that give a well-rounded education. parents want math, science, reading, writing, they want full and accurate history. undoubtedly. what we're looking

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