Why Teachers Quit

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It is estimated that approximately 15.7 percent of teachers leave their posts every year, and 40 percent of teachers who pursue undergraduate degrees in teaching never even enter the classroom at all. 

With teacher effectiveness a top priority of the education reform movement, the question remains: Why are all these teachers leaving—or not even entering the classroom in the first place?

“One of the big reasons I quit was sort of intangible,” says Richard Ingersoll, a former high-school social studies and algebra teacher, “But it’s very real: It’s just a lack of respect,” he says. 

“Teachers in schools do not call the shots. They have very little say. They’re told what to do; it’s a very dis-empowering line of work.”

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