Too much stress. Too little time to plan. Too much violence. Too little compensation. Too much polarization.
For these reasons and more, teachers are leaving the classroom.
EdSurge recently published two articles that explore this phenomenon from different angles. One followed up with teachers who traded the education profession for different careers and asked them whether they found the better life they’d been searching for. The other explored what happens to the school communities that former teachers leave behind.
This topic is clearly resonating with our readers. These two stories are currently our most popular, and they’ve been shared thousands of times on social media.
Each has also generated lively commentary on Twitter and Facebook. Here is a selection of reader responses. Comments have been lightly edited for style, clarity and brevity.
A teacher in Tennessee: “It’s not an easy career. Takes a lot of patience, diligence, discipline and commitment. If you don’t have all that, don’t even try. Thirty-one years and going strong here.”
Leave a Reply