Don't slam the desk on the way out. If fewer teachers quit, the shortage would end

Teachers in America are dropping out, leaving the profession at twice the rate of teachers in high-achieving school systems like those in Finland and Ontario, Canada. And they’re departing in large part because their principals do not support them, according to a report released Tuesday.

But if schools could convince half of those who leave to stay, the teacher shortage that puts thousands of under-qualified emergency replacements in classrooms each year “could be virtually eliminated,” according to the report from the Learning Policy Institute, a Palo Alto research group.

https://edsource.org/2017/dont-slam-the-desk-on-the-way-out-if-fewer-teachers-quit-the-shortage-would-end/585946