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Where Have All The New York Schools Teachers Gone?

No one can argue that teachers aren'tturnover that's costing them $7 billion
important and, next to students, are theannually.
lifeblood of any school. So why are so many
teachers leaving the profession? New YorkRetirement is one reason schools are seeing a
Schools, while they haven't lost their entirelarge departure of their teaching staff. In
teaching staffs, are experiencing a highaddition, the hiring of new teachers slowed
turnover of teachers, just like the rest ofdown in the '80s and '90s, which raised the
the  country.average age of teachers. New York Schools
says that their wave of such retirements was
New York Schools, which is the nation'sat a peak early in this decade, but that it
largest school system, recruiteddid  not  truly  cause  a  teacher  shortage.
approximately 5,000 new teachers this summer
(2007) by the middle of August. They wereHowever, there are many new teachers hired by
looking for teachers certified in Math,New York Schools that become disillusioned
Science, or Special Education. New Yorkwith the classroom, and find it hard to stay
Schools offered a housing incentive that, inwhere they are most needed. The National
some cases, totals $5,000 to be used towardsCommission on Teaching and America's Future
a down payment on a house. The incentivehas calculated that nearly a third of all new
apparently worked, based on the number ofteachers leave the profession after just
teachers  hired.three years, and that after five years almost
half  are  gone  - a higher turnover, indeed.
New York Public Schools are also looking
outside the world of education for theirHigher salaries in the business sector, as
teachers. Offering subsidies to offset thewell as more professional opportunities are
cost of obtaining a master's degree, New Yorkalso factors in the departure of teachers,
Schools hope to attract "mid-career"even the ones working for New York Schools.
professionals. They are looking for folksTraditionally, more women than men have
employed in such fields as health care, law,become teachers, and the possibility of a
and finance. New York Schools director ofbetter salary and the chance to expand one's
teacher recruitment, Vicki Bernstein iscareer  horizons  is  tempting  to  many.
looking to hire still more teachers before
school begins on September 4th - at leastRecent Department of Education statistics
1,300  to  be  exact.state that about 8.4% of the nation's 3.2
million public school teachers quit the field
In June, one nonprofit group conducted ain the 2003-4 school year. Thirty percent of
survey of several school districts across thethem retired, and 56 percent said they left
country to find out how much they wereto pursue another career or because they were
spending annually for recruitment, hiring,dissatisfied.
and training new teachers. New York Schools
were included in that survey. The surveyThis explains, for the most part, where the
found that New York Schools, among severalNew York Schools teachers have gone. The
other districts, are experiencing teacherdistrict is working hard to get them back.



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