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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Rhonda Hicks could have kept working into her 60s. She loved teaching and loved her students in Philadelphia’s public schools. As a Black woman, she took pride in being a role model for many children of color. But other aspects of the job deteriorated, such as growing demands from administrators over […]
Part of it is that teachers of color are in districts that are struggling financially, so the job is more pressuresome due to the fewer resources. There are other reasons.
Teachers across the United States are leaving their jobs at a higher rate than normal due to many factors, including stress, burnout, and low pay.
Teachers are leaving jobs in growing numbers, state reports show. The turnover in some cases is highest among teachers of color. A major culprit is stress — from pandemic-era burnout,
Pandemic-era burnout, low pay and the intrusion of politics into classrooms are to blame for growing numbers of teachers leaving their jobs, but the burdens can be heavier in schools serving high-poverty communities that also have higher numbers of teachers of color.