Most students know that American teachers’ salaries are too low, and that public schools’ reliance on standardized test scores have become especially great. But have you ever considered what a public official thinks of these topics?
In this episode, Plantation city council member Nick Sortal joins host Halima Attah to discuss the flaws of the American public school system and better yet– how those issues can be fixed.
Sources
https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7507/urlt/Fefpdist.pdf
https://www.epi.org/publication/teacher-pay-gap-2018/
https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/10-challenges-facing-public-education-today
https://www.aclufl.org/en/floridas-school-prison-pipeline
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