A report from the Los Angeles teachers union found that nearly three-fourths of the city’s public school teachers have contemplated ditching their profession and seeking alternative career paths.
The report from United Teachers Los Angeles found that 70% of teachers in the nation’s largest city have given serious thought to leaving the profession due to a wide variety of factors, including a high cost of living and a resulting inability to make ends meet, as well as burnout.
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The union’s report was first covered in the Guardian, which reported that at least 28% of teachers in Los Angeles are working a second job. Additionally, 60% of teachers who had worked for at least 20 years said they couldn’t afford to live where they taught.
The city saw a 38% increase in teachers leaving the profession in the 2020-21 school year compared to the previous year.
“Even before the pandemic, I was wondering if I should take a break,” Nicole Fefferman, a former teacher who left the profession, told the outlet. “The pandemic exposed the issues plaguing the American education system in the most public way and exacerbated problems.”
Cecily Myart-Cruz, president of UTLA, told the Guardian the “wages are just not livable.”
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“We’re at a critical crisis right now where you have educators bearing the brunt in this profession of not being treated as professionals,” Myart-Cruz said.
