Checks & Balance: How Financial Stress and Heavier Workloads are Accelerating the Teacher Shortage

This resource is provided by ACSA Partner4Purpose Horace Mann. 

More than 60% of public K-12 educators say they are considering leaving teaching, according to a February 2023 Horace Mann Educators Corporation report. Their decisions are being driven by a combination of staffing shortages, stress and financial worry. “Checks and Balance: How financial stress and heavier workloads are accelerating the teacher shortage,” shares insights from more than 500 K-12 educators surveyed about the current educational climate and what challenges educators are facing.

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