I've been seeing more and more articles like this one recently - teachers are leaving (or planning to leave) public schools in record numbers, and fewer and fewer people are coming in to replace them.
"Teacher shortages may remain a challenge for years as fewer students pursue the profession. In 2018, only 4.3% of college freshmen intended to major in education, compared to 11% in 2000, according to UCLA's Cooperative Institutional Research Program.
"At least once a week I was subbing for another teacher, partly because we have a big sub shortage right now," Hirsch recalled. According to Hirsch, the school gave her Spanish materials that were more than a decade old. She couldn't teach the outdated texts and didn't have all of the corresponding materials, so she devoted more time to prepping for classes on her own. "I was constantly creating my own curriculum and things to go with what I had for the regular Spanish and then for native Spanish, I didn't have anything."
Similarly, more than half of teachers (55%) surveyed last month by the National Education Association say they will leave education earlier than they had planned. Like Hirsch, three-fourths of those surveyed said they've had to fill in for colleagues or take on extra duties due to staff shortages, and 90% said feeling burned out is a serious problem."
Link:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-teachers-think-about-leaving-as-shortages-rise-and-demands-grow/ar-AAU7RIH