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As teacher resignation letters increasingly go public -- and viral -- new research indicates teachers are not leaving solely due to low pay and retirement, but also because of what they see as a broken education system.
In a trio of studies, Michigan State University education expert Alyssa Hadley Dunn and colleagues examined the relatively new phenomenon of teachers posting their resignation letters online. Their findings, which come as many teachers are signing next year's contacts, suggest educators at all grade and experience levels are frustrated and disheartened by a nationwide focus on standardized tests, scripted curriculum and punitive teacher-evaluation systems.
Teacher turnover costs more than $2.2 billion in the U.S. each year and has been shown to decrease student achievement in the form of reading and math test scores.
"The reasons teachers are leaving the profession has little to do with the reasons most frequently touted by education reformers, such as pay or student behavior," said Dunn, assistant professor of teacher education. "Rather, teachers are leaving largely because oppressive policies and practices are affecting their working conditions and beliefs about themselves and education."
The study quoted a teacher in Boston: "I did not feel I was leaving my job. I felt then and feel now that my job left me."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @05:37PM (2 children)
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(Score: 1, Flamebait) by frojack on Friday April 07 2017, @05:50PM (1 child)
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2017, @05:58PM
kids do not keep track of social status?
then what was that movie Mean Girls about? Even the name of the clique, The Plastics, epitomized the entire scenario of how fake one has to be in order to be popular in some circles. They had to be aware of and keep track of, and them emulate or implement the behaviors there-of, the cool kids to be cool. high schools are like that all over the US, which is why did well (and was funny, but i dont think the actresses were as important as some think--it was the story in how it stated the obvious in a hollywood way).
and uh I am posting anonymously so that I dont seem uncool so that I can agree with you later and be cool cause i am keeping track of the social statuses of others