Education / Teaching thread

https://www.yahoo.com/news/solve-teacher-shortages-schools-turn-090816526.html
I've got mixed feelings on this. It's great they're "making a dent" in the teacher shortage, but I wonder how truly effective / long-lasting these people will be. Yes, they're doubling the pay of these people who were custodians or bus drivers, but they're still not addressing the overall low pay and conditions that are causing the teacher shortage in the first place. The state just keeps allowing these types of alternate certification programs as a way to hold off a growing problem in education without having to actually address the true issues.