Daily News | Teachers are leaving Pa. schools at its highest rate on record, a new analysis shows
Teachers are leaving Pennsylvania classrooms at its highest rate on record, a new analysis found.
Charter school teachers, teachers of color — especially Black, Latino and multi-racial teachers — male teachers, and teachers who work at schools where students of color make up the majority of the student population generally left in higher numbers than their peers, according to Fuller’s research. Philadelphia’s teacher attrition rates were highest in the state, over 15%. Those numbers were driven in large part by the high turnover at charter schools, given the sector’s large presence in Philadelphia. The city has 83 charters, which enroll about 65,000 students. Most charter-school teachers are not unionized, and pay is often lower at those schools.
Why are teachers leaving? Pay and working conditions — mostly student behavior issues, teacher involvement in decision-making, and school leadership — are driving the exodus, Fuller said, as“Recent research strongly suggests that the prestige and respect for teachers has declined dramatically in recent years,” Fuller said.
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