State of California’s Public Schools report provides new insights on
challenges to recruiting and retaining teachers
CALIFORNIA – While 77 percent of California teachers find their jobs rewarding, four in 10 are thinking about leaving the profession due to a lack of resources at school and financial pressures at home, according to a new report released today by California Teachers Association (CTA). Conducted by GBAO Strategies, the State of California’s Public Schools surveyed more than 2,000 TK-12 public school educators across the state this school year, providing new insight about the increasing difficulty of recruiting and retaining California teachers.
“Too many educators are spread thin and can’t make ends meet,” CTA President David Goldberg said during a news conference held Tuesday. “For more than 46 years, schools have been operating in a deficit in large part due to the passage of Proposition 13. This created a shift away from investing in our schools and into profits for corporations.”
