Kansas Teachers Skip Out

More data reveals that public education careers in the Sunflowers State leave a lot to be desired and a growing number of workers are leaving the profession . . . Here's the word:

Kansas had the second-highest percentage of teachers leaving the profession, 5.36%, behind Vermont, which had 7.28% . . . “Most teachers feel overworked and underpaid, but we didn’t know what teachers considered to be fair pay or how the amount of their desired pay is related to cost of living and the working conditions in their schools,” said Elizabeth D. Steiner, lead author of the report and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization. “Teachers at all levels of experience said they deserved higher pay, suggesting the importance of raising pay across the salary schedule.”

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Kansas second in nation for teachers leaving the job

Kansas had the second-highest percentage of teachers leaving the profession.