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Top 8 reasons why Georgia teachers quit
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The Georgia Department of Education is concerned about the drop in the number of college students entering teaching and about the number of teachers dropping out of the profession (four out of ten drop out by year five). It surveyed more than 53,000 educators to find out why. “Something must be done,education is in a major crisis,” a Franklin County Middle School teacher wrote in the survey. A high school teacher in Columbia County said that "the profession has become less and less encouraging, it expects A LOT in return and maintains a punitive culture that essentially strikes fear, anxiety and burn out." These are some of the reasons in order of importance that teachers said they are leaving the field. Also included are anonymous educators' quotes that were highlighted in the survey report for each specific area.
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