Rethinking The Value Of One Of America’s Greatest Untapped Resources: Teachers
Very few people will deny that the job of a teacher is tough. But how tough is it—really?
It’s so tough that teachers are now the most burned-out employees in America.
It’s so challenging that fewer than 1 in 5 Americans would encourage a young person to become a K-12 teacher
And it’s so hard that teacher vacancies are up 51% over last year.
Though I work with educators almost every day and witness many teachers’ front-line struggles, I know what I see is just the tip of the iceberg. “We are caught in a negative feedback loop in which the stress of the job worsens the teacher shortage,” says Jay Schroder, educator and author of Teach From Your Best Self. “This in turn increases the strain on the system, accelerating burnout and inducing more teachers to leave.”