I think the bigger problem is housing costs. oh, and LAUSD is importing teachers from India, Philippines, and other countries now since the Cal State schools fail to produce an adequate amount of math and science teachers any longer.
http://www.faeala.org/docs/foreign_teachers.pdf
>>>The reason NYC has a teacher shortage is that teachers are in physical danger at many of those public schools. Same thing in the barrio schools in L.A.
LAUSD could have all the teachers they wanted, if they didn’t run that district like a cesspool. No discipline allowed, teachers get HURT, you have to drive all over the county and back, no support, and all the money is sucked up into the Administration. I would not work there, tho it is only 10 miles from here, if I were ordered to at gunpoint. Of course they need math teachers, but math teachers can call their own shots. There are not many of them and they are in high demand. LAUSD -— paaahhhh, don’t get me started.