york congressman shawn patrick maloney and republican congressman of kentucky, andy barr. plus, crisis in the classroom. we re seeing so many dedicated teachers leaving the profession. the nationwide teacher shortage. i was running myself ragged. putting children s learning in jeopardy. is there anything the biden administration can do to help? i ll speak to the secretary of education miguel cordova. we did not favor. we did not flinch. and we have not given in. instead, we re delivering results for the american people. signing his massive tax health care and climate change bill. while donald trump gets a victory of his own. i believe that donald trump continues to pose a very grave threat and risk to our republic. outspoken in congress. even as multiple investigations among him and his allies heat up. joining me marc caputo. symone sanders townsend and ali vitali and republican strategist brenden buck. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc
Dozens of para educators gathered to call on the Santa Clara County Office of Education to hire more people. They say a lack of staff leaves them susceptible to violent physical attacks from the special needs students they serve throughout the county.
to deal with the short-term, teacher retention bonuses and things like this. the problem is a human capital problem. you can t legislate physical teachers for these classrooms. what is some of your answers to the long-term problem? well, i have seen good examples of what states are doing to address the long-term issue. first of all, let me just say it is back to school time. i m excited that our students, 50 million students are returning back to their classrooms. this is going to be a great year. yes, we are dealing with a shortage issue. but some of the long-term solutions that we must focus on are creating grow your own programs. we need to tap the shoulders of our high school students, of our para educators and give them a pathway to higher education. we encourage, we have strongly encouraged the use of the american rescue plan dollars to get some of this work done and we re seeing it. in tennessee, they re working on an apprenticeship program. i visited las vegas, and the