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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More money would definitely prevent teachers from quitting, but I am not sure it would attract enough new teachers.  Gen Z is more focused on quality of life and work/life balance in addition to enough money to pay for college loans.  I am not sure teaching is a career that enough young people will aspire too.

-a teacher of 20 years[/quote]

What if public colleges had programs where education majors paid reduced tuition? Could states have programs to attract new teachers where you sign up to teach in-state in exchange for loan forgiveness based on years of teaching?

Getting back to a PP's comment about co-teaching, assuming the pool of teachers increased, could co-teaching be a thing? When my kids were younger, I worked in a job-share position, and it provided great balance. It's better than working part-time because the days you aren't working are covered by someone else, so you don't have as much creep as with part-time work. The only potential problem is that job-share partners must be on the same page (mine was amazing!).

As to Gen Z and work-life balance, there aren't that many in the workforce yet. However, assuming that they build on Millenials' preference for work-life balance, teaching is just one of many professions that need to be reimagined.[/quote]

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