The Mass Exodus of Teachers: Understanding Why Educators Are Fleeing the Classroom and How to Bring Them Back

Jeannine Proctor
4 min readAug 10, 2023
Muhammad Usman, 2023

A concerning new study from McKinsey & Company reveals just how severe the teacher shortage has become, with nearly one-third of K-12 educators surveyed indicating plans to leave the profession. This amounts to around 900,000 teachers across the United States considering walking away, on top of already…

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Jeannine Proctor

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