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Newsweek: Teachers Resigning to Avoid COVID | Diane Ravitch's blog

Newsweek: Teachers Resigning to Avoid COVID | Diane Ravitch's blog

Newsweek: Teachers Resigning to Avoid COVID



The most important concern about reopening schools is the health and safety of students and staff. The Trump administration has adamantly refused to provide funding to states and cities to enable them to make schools as safe as they should be.
As a result, Newsweek reports, significant numbers of teachers are quitting. This is a blow to students and schools across the nation.
It was hard to recruit teachers before the pandemic. How will these teachers be replaced?
Veteran K-12 teachers in states across the U.S. are resigning and retiring at higher rates as schools begin reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic this fall, with educators citing the stress tied to remote learning, technical difficulties and COVID-19 health concerns.
Several teachers who recently resigned, retired or opted out of their jobs ahead of pandemic reopening efforts say leaving their kids has been hard, but remote learning has CONTINUE READING: Newsweek: Teachers Resigning to Avoid COVID | Diane Ravitch's blog