http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2012/06/what_if_the_skilled_worker_sho.html#recommend
Recently some news articles have quietly revealed an ugly truth: there are lots of 'skilled workers' right here in the US. They may be geographically seperated from places where the jobs are (relocating is such fun, ya know?), or may have parallel experience in a different market sector that prospective employers don't recognize or acknowledge. In any case, there are lots of folks out of work who could do those jobs. The 'shortage' isn't nearly as extreme as we (and USCIS) have been led to believe.
So, that got me thinking, what about the 20-year teacher 'shortage'? Could it be a similar scenario? Maybe there are qualified teachers who could teach those kids, but they live in another state, taught in a private rather than public school, elementary rather than middle school, etc. Hmm.
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