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[quote=Anonymous][quote] It’s not a mass exodus, just a couple percent higher per year than before the pandemic.

https://www.chalkbeat.org/2023/3/6/23624340/t...igher-rate?_amp=true

Given that more than 85% of teachers aren’t leaving every year, maybe this is just a natural weeding out of whingers who can’t hack it?[/quote]

Yes, I read that whole article, too. In some places, the couple of percent meant going from 12% to 16%, but in others, from 17% to 24%. I have family who just left teaching in Texas. They have high school classes with 65 or more students in them. but it’s fine, everything is fine. They have been saying that for the last four years while they consolidate more and more classes, and stop teaching others entirely.

Because—as your article explains—not only is it the number of teachers leaving, it’s the fact that we aren’t replacing them as rapidly. You don’t need. 85% of the teachers to leave to cause a crisis. If you lose 15%, year after year, and cant replace them because there are far fewer new graduates, then it doesn’t take long before you have a real problem.[/quote]

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