July 16, 2017, Sacramento Bee: Sacramento district can’t find enough teachers, so it turns to Philippines for help http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article161521288.html
Officials at the Sacramento City Unified School District took an international field trip to the Philippines this year – to hire teachers.
The district says it has no choice but to look abroad to fill vacancies, as schools around California and the nation face a shortage of employable teachers....
Jake Hansen, personnel specialist for Sacramento City Unified, flew to the Philippines last year for the first time to hire 12 special education teachers. After three days of interviews, he flew back to Sacramento.
“We couldn’t fill our needs locally,” Hansen said. “We always have a need for special education teachers.”
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.