One in four US teachers likely to quit within 12 months, survey says

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new survey says one in four American teachers are likely to quit within the next twelve months.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe founder of The Mattering Institute, Jennifer Wallace, says the people who help our children know they matter deserve to know they matter, too, and I think that's beautiful.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is beautiful, and it is a polite way of saying a quarter of a workforce is halfway out the door.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have seen smaller walkouts bring down ministries.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is why we have to start by making teachers feel seen. Hank, you matter. Gloria, you matter.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm doing it right now, and it's working, I can feel it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody feels it.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet me finish, because I was not finished.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn forty countries I have been told I mattered, usually by a man holding my passport, and I was never once allowed to leave sooner.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a burnout crisis, and it's exactly why we need to reimagine how we value the people shaping our future.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBoth of you have talked over the survey, the teachers and each other for ninety seconds, and I'd like it noted that this is exactly what the teachers were describing.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThen we are the one in four.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-five percent of this desk is Gloria, so mathematically she's the one leaving.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI matter, for the record. Nobody say anything.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRex has the Gridiron, and I hear he's been yelling at a scoreboard that never once said he mattered. Rex, how is it going?