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Looking at campuses where teachers aren’t leaving in droves offers us strategies for circumventing a “Great Resignation” within education.
One way to address nationwide teacher shortages is to keep them from leaving the profession. Here's how.
During a time of staff shortages, some of the things teachers want can be achieved by district leaders. But they also have requests that require political activism.
A message to K-12 leaders who are worried about sharing a shrinking pool of teachers with other districts: some states and school systems are giving out historic salary increases.
Despite the best intentions and the most thorough of staff, a school district can still be subject to a finding of parent communications non-compliance with the Every Student Succeeds Act […]
While steady increases appear to be keeping up with the cost of living, heavier workloads may be throwing salaries out of balance.
The challenges of COVID may not only lead to increased principal turnover. They may also have soured some educators on the idea of moving up the K-12 ladder.
University leaders trying to build back the pipeline of educators say changes to systems and support are needed.
Female superintendents and superintendents of districts serving mostly students of color have been disproportionately impacted by turnover since the beginning of the pandemic though all leaders are reporting heavier workloads.
Job satisfaction among principals is being hampered by the likelihood of ongoing, unsustainable workloads and too much time spent on administrative tasks.
The Biden Administration—calling teacher shortages one of education's most "critical challenges"—is urging district leaders, higher education and states to collaborate to move more student-teachers into classrooms to speed K-12's recovery from the pandemic.
As the COVID-19 crisis evolves from epidemic to endemic, how do we help teachers regain their love of teaching?