1 big thing: Teachers brace for tense, stressful 2021 | Friday, December 18, 2020
| | | | | | | Presented By Facebook | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen ·Dec 18, 2020 | | Good afternoon: Christmas is next week, and today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 461 words, a 2-minute read. 🍦 3 Axios scoops: - President Trump plans to issue a wave of pardons, moving to expedite acts of clemency before Christmas. Go deeper.
- Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with President-elect Biden's transition team. Go deeper.
- Democrats are trying to tuck a waiver allowing retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as Biden's defense secretary into a year-end government funding bill that must pass by tonight to avoid a shutdown. Go deeper.
| | | | | | 1 big thing: Teachers brace for tense, stressful 2021 |  | | | Substitute teacher Grace Kern at the Greenfield Intermediate School in Greenfield, Ind.. Photo: Michael Conroy/AP | | | | A perfect storm of quarantines, layoffs, retirements and resignations has public schools scrambling to get enough bodies to keep school afloat next semester. Why it matters: Districts are desperate to keep classes going and are stretched thin by the sometimes competing needs of in-person and distance learning, reports Axios' Marisa Fernandez. - Public-school employment in November was down 8.7% from February, and at its lowest level since 2000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Some schools are even considering allowing COVID-positive, asymptomatic teachers to continue working, The Wall Street Journal reports. - Many are also aggressively recruiting substitute teachers, offering bonuses and waiving certification requirements, per AP.
Between the lines: Many states still haven't figured out where educators and school personnel should fit in the priority list for COVID vaccines. In D.C.: A union agreement says teachers may be required to return to classrooms unless they have medical exemptions. - In Indiana and Connecticut, college students are answering the call to substitute teach and could be paid to help supervise classrooms.
The bottom line: The nationwide teacher shortage has left teachers with burnout, frustrated parents and concerns of declining education quality. |     | | | | | | 2. Pics du jour | | Photos: Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times and Doug Mills/The New York Times via Getty Images Vice President Mike Pence (61 years old), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (80) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (78) got COVID-19 vaccinations today. - Pence is the highest-ranking U.S. official to be vaccinated — a move intended to boost public confidence about the vaccine's safety.
- President-elect Biden and Jill Biden will be vaccinated on Monday.
Video of Pence's vaccination. | | | | | | | | A message from Facebook | | Facebook supports updated internet regulations | | |  | | | We support updated internet regulations to set clear rules for today's toughest challenges and hold companies, including Facebook, accountable for: - Combating foreign election interference.
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Read more | | | | | | 3. Catch up quick | - New York City will change admission requirements in middle and high schools to address segregation issues, which have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Go deeper.
- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) blocked a proposal for $1,200 stimulus checks, citing the ballooning national debt. Go deeper.
- A China-based Zoom executive has been charged by the Justice Department with disrupting video meetings that commemorated the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Reuters reports.
- 🎧 Axios Re:Cap speaks with N.Y. Times columnist Nicholas Kristof about the aftermath of his Pornhub investigation and what comes next. Listen here.
| | | | | | | | 4. 1 smile to go: The next generation | | Tiger Woods and his son Charlie during a practice round at the Father Son Challenge in Orlando, Florida. Photo: Phelan Ebenhack/AP The star of the show at this weekend's PNC Championship might be 11-year-old Charlie Woods, who will be playing with his dad in the father-son challenge. - Proud father Tiger: "I'm still winning, for now. He's starting to understand how to play. He's asking me the right questions. It's been an absolute blast just to go out and compete with him. He reminds me so much of me and my dad growing up," per USA Today.
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