Many of us have had at least one job, at some point in our lives, that we couldn't stand. Maybe it was the hours, commute, extreme workload, annoying co-workers or horrible boss.
Many people remember being spanked, paddled, and smacked when they went to school decades ago as a form of punishment, but is it allowed in schools today?
It's not only a challenge to keep people in the profession; there's an obvious shortfall in the number of wannabe educators coming through the pipeline.
A problem that predates the pandemic has become a full-blown issue statewide that is already affecting classroom instruction, lawmakers are told at a hearing.
For nurses, a courtesy certification would extend for the life of their license, and for teachers, the extension would be an additional four years beyond 180 teaching days.
With staffing shortages challenging schools, a bill moving in the Senate would remove teachers from a 2011 law requiring public workers to live in the state.