Opinion | There’s a Reason There Aren’t Enough Teachers in America. Many Reasons, Actually. - The New York Times

The combination of these factors — declining prestige, lower pay than other professions that require a college education, increased workloads, and political and ideological pressures — is creating both intended and unintended consequences for teacher accountability reforms mandating tougher licensing rules, evaluations and skill testing...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/opinion/teacher-shortage-education.html