{"id":88404,"date":"2023-08-25T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=88404"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:39:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:39:59","slug":"experienced-teachers-are-leaving-michigan-schools-this-is-why-miller-other-items-re-k-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/08\/25\/experienced-teachers-are-leaving-michigan-schools-this-is-why-miller-other-items-re-k-12\/","title":{"rendered":"“Experienced teachers are leaving Michigan schools. This is why.” [Miller] + other items re: K-12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Letter from the Editor: Experienced teachers are leaving Michigan schools. This is why.<\/strong><\/a> — from mlive.com by Matthew Miller<\/p>\n

They talked instead about issues like pay, stress and the sense that they no longer had the solid backing of school administrators.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sue Harper, who retired this summer from Kreeger Elementary in Fowlerville, blamed what she called \u201cbulldozer parents.\u201d
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\n\u201cI have never been one to quit anything, and teaching is my passion, but this is not teaching,\u201d one teacher wrote. \u201cThis is hours of endless paperwork, this is social work, this is counseling, this is parenting, this is babysitting, this is coaching, this is everything but teaching.\u201d
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Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Low pay, culture wars, and \u2018bulldozer parents.\u2019 Why Michigan\u2019s best teachers are calling it quits.<\/strong><\/a> — from mlive.com by Melissa Frick and Matthew Miller<\/p>\n

Now a change management coordinator for Fifth Third Bank, she said, \u201cI don\u2019t take the stress from my job home. I don\u2019t feel guilty, like I always could be doing more for someone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thousands of experienced\u00a0teachers have retired or left the profession in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic first closed schools and shifted classes to Zoom.<\/p>\n

Teachers say they\u2019re burnt out, tired of a lack of support and lack of respect, feeling the impact of the increasingly acrimonious politics surrounding public education.<\/p>\n

And finally:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n