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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello all! I'm a journalism student at American University covering K-12 education in the D.C. area. For my final project, I am investigating the declining retention rates of teachers in the D.C. area. I am hoping to gain some perspective from parents, students, and educators about this decrease and potential remedies for this issue. Why are teachers experiencing burnout at much higher rates than other professions? Is this really the case? How do we best combat teacher burnout and maintain healthy, qualified teachers for the important work of education?

If you are interested in speaking with me, on or off the record, please reply to this thread. I would love to hear your thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you all! Thank you, Kaitlyn[/quote]
Kaitlyn there is SOOOO much information out there about this already. It's not a mystery why teachers are experiencing burn out and what teachers say they need in order to stay in the profession. Really, this question does not reflect well on you. [/quote]

Kaitlyn don’t listen to these people. There is also a lot out there already on the war in Ukraine. Doesn’t mean we should stop covering it or there isn’t more to be said. Until the teacher shortage is solved, the topic needs to be covered.

Also, to the poster who said DC has the worst public schools, that is just not true. I work with public schools across the country. We have some many things better than others. Perfect? No. Still need to improve. Are some schools better than others? Yup. True in every district. The worst? Hardly. There is no need to be so dramatic and down about the situation.

Finally, Kaitlyn, RAND did/does a ton of studies in this area you may want as background. And they might be a willing interviewee as fellow academics. Here is an example. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA956-14.html

And here: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1108-1.html

And there are plenty more.

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