Data shows that a feared exodus of teachers during the coronavirus pandemic has not yet come to pass, although concerning signs about the health of the profession remain
Elementary school teacher Kathleen Sannicks-Lerner, who is presently on sabbatical, poses for a photograph in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Teachers have been working longer hours. They’re more stressed out. And many say they’ve considered quitting. Yet the vast majority of teachers have stayed in the profession throughout the pandemic, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of the latest data from a number of states and large school districts.
Comprehensive national data on teacher turnover is not available. The federal government does not keep annual records, and neither do some states, including California. Others, like Texas, release data on a yearlong lag. Recent turnover figures were also comparable to pre-pandemic numbers in Hawaii, Massachusetts and South Carolina. That was true of a number of large school districts, too, including Dallas, Houston, and Clark County, Nevada — home to Las Vegas — though Detroit and Chicago saw bigger increases.
Tom Keiser, a middle school math teacher in Missoula, Montana, is among the teachers who have pondered quitting. He’s been concerned about the bitter debates locally about masks and the rise of laws restricting teaching about racism. The economy also plays a part in whether teachers exit. Across 14 states, teacher turnover fell by a percentage point in 2020, according to a new study. “This likely reflects teachers hunkering down after the 2019–2020 school year in the midst of the uncertainty of a pandemic,” wrote the researchers who studied turnover in Washington state.
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