Education / Teaching thread

bonnjer said

People should find it VERY disturbing that so many teachers who have been in it for so long are dropping out at the rate they are. You can understand when a teacher who has a couple years in decides that it's just not for them. When a teacher who has been around for 20 years says she can't make it through the school year, there's a problem. For some reason, we just don't seem too worried about it, though.

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In the DFW area, there are forecasts that there will be a mass exodus of teachers come May. Now what does that mean actually? Leaving 1 school to go to another in the same district? Leaving for a new district? Or completely leaving education? At last count(and maybe I'm not up-to-date), 9 superintendents have resigned recently. The Dallas ISD super is leaving to run for mayor of Dallas, but others have resigned due to the strain and the politics that have encroached into the environment. I guess we'll see come May if the forecasts are true or not. It could be a major problem though.