Stress Topped the Reasons Why Public School Teachers Quit, Even Before COVID-19

Melissa Kay Diliberti · Heather L. Schwartz

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In the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, about 8 percent of public school teachers left the profession annually. Very high rates of teacher burnout and low levels of morale during the 2020–2021 school year portend elevated teacher attrition by the end of it. The authors of this report show how important stress has been—more so than pay—in public school teachers' reasons for quitting, and that COVID-19 has exacerbated the high levels of stress.

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