text: Money is not the only factor - add in the lack of respect for teachers by students AND parents, the testing overreach by the federal and states, the cost of living combined with salaries that are now 8% LOWER than they were a decade ago, and the declining value of PERA as a "benefit," and it's no wonder we have an ever increasing teacher shortage.
  
  This is just the tip of the iceberg ... it's going to get worse - MUCH worse.