Teachers quit their jobs in record numbers during 2018

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4. Makes sense to me. I have been teaching 20+ years. Some comments follow ...

The line that resonated with me is "Teacher pay across the country, adjusted for inflation, is now 5 percent lower than it was in 2009 ...".

I taught a teacher ed class at a nearby university (in NC) and it was all pretty normal 2011-2013, but 2014-2015 I started hearing things like "I'll finish the degree, but I don't want to teach." and "I still want to teach, but not in North Carolina."

The article did not include a deep dive into the numbers, but I am curious if "quitting teaching" includes retiring from the profession. Baby Boomers retiring could skew the stats if that is the case.

A couple of years ago I heard that NC universities train about 2000 teachers a year but that something like 8000 new teachers are needed every year.

Some crazy % of new teachers quit after 2 years and perhaps a third don't make it to 5 years ... for the reasons mentioned in the article.

Thank you for the OP. K & R.