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Compiled by Julian Peeples Quotes & Numbers Percent of 1,000 likely November 2022 voters who said they most trust the opinions of teachers on what should be taught in schools, according to an NEA survey released in September. Percent of community college leaders who are white. 24 percent of community college students identify as non-Hispanic white, according to the California Community Colleges Chancellor 's Office. " These results confirm what educators have been saying for more than two years: The pandemic has exacerbated racial, economic and other inequities that have long existed in our public education system. We must double down on closing opportunity gaps and meeting our students' needs and the unique needs of their communities." — CTA President E. Toby Boyd in October, following the release of national student assessment data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress Instances of individual books being banned, affecting 1,145 unique book titles, from July 1, 2021, to March 31 of this year, according to PEN America. During that time, book bans occurred in 86 school districts in 26 states. " If you want to build schools where educators want to work and students want to attend, you have got to do something better than you've done already." — Cecily Myart-Cruz, United Teachers Los Angeles president, on what UTLA is demanding from L.A. Unified School District officials during a rally on Oct. 19 Percent of public schools nationwide reporting being understaffed at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. 49 53 84 " Our district has spent years disinvesting in educators in Twin Rivers. They've spent less and less … on teacher salaries and benefits. That's led to a staffing crisis and it's time to rectify that. Our students should be able to count on having teachers in the classroom when they come to school." — Rebecca LeDoux, Twin Rivers United Educators president, in an October CBS News story about educators rallying for higher pay and more support for their students " We've been advocating for a long time for affordable housing for educators. [Our educators would] love to go evening events and be present in their schools, but it's hard to be involved in that way when you have a two-hour drive!" — Terri Baldwin, president of the Palo Alto Education Association, on the impacts of high housing costs for educators in a recent NEA Today story 1,586 14 cta.org In the Know