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The problem, though, is a lack of prioritization in education, especially in the US. It's a constant: more kids, fewer teachers. Teachers also get paid very little for what they deal with. Many teachers end up having to spend their own money to buy supplies the kids need. Meanwhile, my hometown has had 2 multi-million dollar embezzlement scandals that I know of. There was a news story a few years ago where the education board was making boatloads of cash, and teachers got jack (I can't find the article, but I think it was during the pandemic).
Most schools when I was a teenager, would gladly buy up new football gear, a new coach bus (because the one from a couple years ago is just, not flashy anymore) but other departments can't get new books (I remember using books from the late 80s... and it wasn't the 80s), supplies, equipment, larger school buildings, more teachers, etc.
A teacher having even 20 kids is too many. We need more teachers, we need to prioritize education funding and standards. We don't need AI.
You can give the school all the money in the world and it wont make a difference if you can't find teachers. The assumption that you'll always have enough teachers if you just pay enough isn't true. Every kid will always need an education, not every adult wants to teach, and this disparity will always towards the students with strictly human teachers.
You can trust when I say, if it wasn't so well known that educators get the raw deal right now, there would be way more teachers. I for one, thought about being a teacher and still do. But the terrible pay, the lack of funding... really detured me and I'm sure a bunch of folks away. I know people who actively suggest people away from going into teaching, because they don't want to see the person just struggle and watch their passion die.
It's not a problem of finding the supply (teachers), it's about creating the demand (way better pay and working conditions)