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  • Non-teachers suggested for U.S. shortage

    09/17/2002 5:54:15 AM PDT · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 46 replies · 395+ views
    USA TODAY ^ | 9/16/02 | Laurence McQuillan
    <p>Secretary of Education Rod Paige says a shortage of public school teachers could be ended if states put qualified non-teachers in classrooms, but he says the National Education Association, the biggest teachers union, is standing in the way.</p> <p>"There are still some guardians of mediocrity out there fighting to keep the status quo," Paige said Monday in an interview with USA TODAY and Gannett News Service reporters.</p>