Data Shows Teacher Exits Up

Mar 14, 2023, 10:57 AM

(from KQED) Data regarding teacher turnover on a broad scale is hard to come by. Chalkbeat obtained data from eight states -- the most comprehensive accounting of recent teacher turnover to date -- and found that more teachers than usual exited the classroom after last school year. In all cases, turnover was at its highest point in at least five years — typically around 2 percentage points greater than before the pandemic. That implies that in a school with 50 teachers, one more than usual left after last school year.

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