>> Frederica Freyberg: GOVERNOR
TONY EVERS' THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED
HE IS GIVING $90 MILLION MORE
DOLLARS OF COVID RELIEF AID TO
WISCONSIN K-12 SCHOOLS.
THIS ADDITIONAL BOOST COMES AS
STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE
BACK IN SCHOOLS.
MANY OF WHICH ARE STRUGGLING TO
PUT A LICENSED TEACHER AT THE
FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM.
HERE AND NOW SENIOR POLITICAL
REPORTER ZAC SCHULTZ CAUGHT UP
WITH THE LEADING CANDIDATES FOR
GOVERNOR AND ASKED THEM WHAT
THEY THINK CAUSED THE STAFFING
SHORTAGE AND WHAT THE STATE CAN
DO TO HELP.
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>> AND IT ALL STARTS WITH
EDUCATION.
>> Zac Schultz: REPUBLICAN TIMMM
MICHELS HAS A FEW LINES IN HIS
SPEECH THAT REFERS TO WISCONSIN.
BUT THE NEW LINE TALKS ABOUT
PARENTS TO SHUT DOWN QUOTE, WOKE
TEACHERS THAT TALK ABOUT
CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO PUT PARENTS
BACK IN CHARGE OF EDUCATION AND
STOP THE CRT AND GET BACK TO THE
ABC'S.
>> Zac Schultz: WHEN ASKED
DIRECTLY ABOUT THE STAFFING
SHORTAGE, MICHA MICHELS SAYS ITS
TEACHERS.
>> THE TEACHERS ARE FRUSTRATED.
I HEAR THAT FROM TEACHERS.
THAT NOT MY OPINION.
EVERYWHERE WE GO TEACHERS ARE
SAYING, "I LOVE MY STUDENTS, I
LOVE WORKING HARD, I LOVE
TEACHING, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT HAS
BECOME SO POLITICAL AND SOL
BUREAUCRATIC."
>> Zac Schultz: TONY EVERS
AGREES POLITICS ARE DRIVING
TEACHERS OUT BUT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY.
>> I THINK PEOPLE HAVE
DISRESPECTED TEACHERS OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND THEY DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF TWO BASIC
THINGS.
THOSE THIN THINGS ARE NOT GOINGE
CHANGED OVER NIGHT.
AND SO I DO BELIEVE THAT AT THE
END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS
AND OUR SCHOOLS AND PROVIDE THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED.
>> Zac Schultz: AS FOR WHAT TO
DO ABOUT IT, MICHELS SAYS THE
SOLUTION ISN'T IN THE STATE
BUDGET.
MEANING MORE FUNDING FOR
SCHOOLS.
>> IT STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP AT
THE VERY TOP.
AND IT STARTS WITH THE GUIDANCE
WE ARE GIVING THOSE SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND DPI AND ALL
THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE
OUT THERE.
>> Zac Schultz: BUT EVERS SAY
THE SOLUTIONS IS QUITE SIMPLE.
>> I THINK INCREASING THE
TEACHER'S WAGES.
AND START TO RESPECT WHAT THEY
DO.
>> Zac Schultz: REPORTING FROM