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- Here are a collection of EdSurge publications that explore how and why more educators are leaving classrooms and the consequences to school systems.
- What are the long-term impacts of low teacher retention?
- Read about the harmful effects of teacher turnover.
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When we started to devise a summer reading list of EdSurge articles from 2023 that have been most popular so far this year, we couldn’t help but notice a pattern: Readers are hungry for stories about teachers leaving the profession.
In fact, our top pieces all address the reality that plenty of educators are thinking of leaving the classroom behind. A National Education Association survey from 2022 found that more than half of educators were thinking of departing the profession earlier than planned.
As EdSurge senior reporter Emily Tate Sullivan wrote earlier this year, “Most educators have not left, and many never will. But some are following through; they’re walking out of their classrooms and away from the careers they thought they’d have for life.”
Whether you’re well-versed in this phenomenon or just hearing about it for the first time, you’ll learn something from this collection of popular EdSurge stories:
- What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School
- They Left Teaching in Search of a Better Life. Did They Find It?
- What’s It Like to Leave the Classroom for a Job in Edtech?
- The Idea of a Teacher Salary Minimum Is Gaining Steam in Congress. Where Has This Worked?
- One Idea to Keep Teachers From Quitting — End the Teacher Time Crunch
- These States Have the Most 'Underqualified' Teachers Stepping in to Fill Open Positions
- Teaching Was My Dream. Now I Wonder If It Is Stunting My Other Passions.
Read the full article about teachers leaving the classroom by Rebecca Koenig at EdSurge.