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ProfessorGAC

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3. What State Allows Math Teachers With No Degree

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:19 PM

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Here in Illinois you have to have a degree just to substitute.
In districts where that is super difficult to find, the district can file for a waiver, but the number of days said non-degreed person can sub is severely limited.
My license is limited by district only. 105 days but PER DISTRICT. Living near several districts, I am effectively unlimited.
But, Epstein was a teacher without a college degree?

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Startling: A high school math teacher without a degree could so corrupt the most powerful men in the world. [View all] NNadir Tuesday OP

They were already corrupt. He provided an opportunity for them to indulge that corruption. artemisia1 Tuesday #1

Your point is well taken. Yet he was able to channel that corruption so successfully. NNadir Tuesday #2

What State Allows Math Teachers With No Degree ProfessorGAC Tuesday #3

Private schools are allowed to set their own standards senseandsensibility Tuesday #5

Ah! That Makes Sense ProfessorGAC Tuesday #6

Agree senseandsensibility Tuesday #8

Get This ProfessorGAC Tuesday #9

I have to wonder if he already had dirt on Headmaster Barr which got him the job. tanyev Tuesday #4

That's an aspect that hasn't been investigated. harumph Tuesday #7

Yes. Either that canetoad Tuesday #10

He was smart enough that he could qualify, he was charismatic. haele Tuesday #11

Nevertheless, one would think that the men implicated, with all their power... NNadir Tuesday #12

He also made a few million on Wall St., which gave him a certain credibility in that circle. 3_Limes Tuesday #13