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Robin Steans, of Advance Illinois: "The mass exodus of teachers from the profession that many predicted has not come to pass. Instead, our state has significantly increased its educator workforce since 2018, adding more than 5,800 teaching positions, a much greater rate than other states."
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Nick Binotti
2 years ago

As predicted, the teacher mass exodus never happened. Whether boom or bust, the teaching profession has one of the lowest turnovers of any profession.

Meanwhile, Illinois’ K-12 enrollment is down over 100,000 students since 2018.

The mass exodus of teachers from the profession that many predicted has not come to pass. Instead, our state has significantly increased its educator workforce since 2018, adding more than 5,800 teaching positions

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