In its 2021 State of the U.S. Teacher Survey, RAND Corporation researchers found that about half of Black teachers reported they were “likely” to leave their jobs by the end of the school year, which was higher than other races.
When she gets home from work, it takes Monise Seward two or three hours to decompress from the day. She sits there—just sits—to feel the stress leave her body.
“There’s layers to what teachers were experiencing before the pandemic,” Seward says. “And now it’s just been magnified; it’s worse.” “Teachers need to be well, teachers need to be whole, teachers need to be healthy for themselves and for the students they teach,” says
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