Another View: Don’t blow past warning signs as teacher morale crashes

If you follow education policy at all, you’ve probably heard about the looming “fiscal cliff.” As pandemic-era federal support runs out, school districts that used temporary funding to create permanent initiatives are going to fall over it.

But American K-12 education appears to be in the midst of an immediate and menacing development: A teacher morale crash.

Recent research tells us the appeal of the teaching profession and job satisfaction of teachers have been declining for years.