Teachers sprint into new careers, amid a 66% rise in school-job departures — from linkedin.com by George Anders

Excerpt:

Across the United States, thousands of other long-time teachers are walking away from the field they loved for a long time, in favor of fresh starts in areas ranging from healthcare to software engineering.

Thousands of K-12 teachers are leaving education for new jobs, sending their attrition rate shooting up.

Also related/see:

  • NEA Survey Shows Big Jump in Educators Planning to Leave Teaching Sooner Than Planned — from thejournal.com by Kristal Kuykendall
    Excerpt:
    The National Education Association, the nation’s largest union representing nearly 3 million educators, on Tuesday released its latest survey conducted last month showing 90% of educators responded that burnout is a “serious problem” for them.Also notable: more than half, 55%, of the 3,621 educators surveyed said the pandemic has made them “more likely to retire or leave education earlier than planned” — representing a significant increase from the 37% with this response to the same question in an August 2021 NEA survey.
  • When Toxic Positivity Seeps Into Schools, Here’s What Educators Can Do — from edweek.org by Arianna Prothero
    Excerpt:
    “Look on the bright side” and “it could be worse” are statements we hear all the time, and likely even more so during the pandemic.On the surface, these remarks might seem to inject much-needed optimism into a tough situation. But rather than motivating students or teachers to push through stressful times, experts say statements like these have the opposite effect.