How Districts And States Are Addressing Teacher Turnover

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How districts and states are addressing teacher turnover

By Lisa Lachlan-Haché, Lois Kimmel, Cheryl Krohn, Dawn Dolby and Tammie Causey-Konaté

Categories: Collaboration, Reaching all students, System leadership

February 2023

Open your morning news app, and you’ll likely find an article that suggests the teaching profession is in crisis. Headlines shout, “Never seen it this bad” (Walker, 2021). Reports highlight the status of the teaching profession is at a 50-year low, noting sobering statistics about low teacher morale, the loss of professional prestige, lack of student interest to pursue teaching, and increased percentages of teachers thinking about leaving (Marken & Agrawal, 2022; Mission Square Research Institute, 2021; Steiner & Woo, 2021). A scan of U.S. initiatives shows we need multiple entry points and action steps for boosting teacher retention. #TheLearningPro Share on X Solutions often focus on recruiting more candidates into the profession. Although such approaches are important, another element critical to success doesn’t get

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