There is little evidence to suggest teacher turnover has increased nationwide or educators are leaving in droves.
By SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press and REBECCA GRIESBACH of AL.com BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Everywhere, it seems, back-to-school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher shortage.
This story is part of an Associated Press collaboration with AL.com, The Christian Science Monitor, The Dallas Morning News, The Fresno Bee in California, The Hechinger Report, The Seattle Times and The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. People are also reading… Since well before the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have had difficulty recruiting enough teachers in some regions, particularly in parts of the South.
National Education Association union leader Becky Pringle tweeted in April:"The educator shortage is a five-alarm crisis." But a Brown University study found turnover largely unchanged among states that had data. "It's become a financial competition from district to district to do that, and that's unfortunate for children in communities who deserve the same opportunities everywhere in the state," Superintendent Daniel McGarry said.
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