304,000 teachers leave the profession each year; roughly 8% (Tan, Wei, Carver-Thomas & García, 2026).

224,000 leaving each and only 85,000 entering the field leaves an annual deficit of 139,000 teachers (Learning Policy Institute, 2025).
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Overwhelming managerial tasks, lack of support in navigating teaching tasks, and insufficient training were the top reasons for departure (Tan, Wei, Carver-Thomas & García, 2026) .
Purposeful, localized and targeted professional development/Mentoring has been proven to decrease this trend (K-12 education:, 2026).
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