(The Center Square) – Fewer North Carolina public school teachers are quitting, according to a new state report.
The teacher attrition rate for 2023-24 was 9.88%, down from 11.5% in 2022-23, according to the Department of Public Instruction. That equates to almost 1,500 fewer teachers who leaving their jobs than the year, out of a total of 89,972 full time teachers.
The attrition rate is still higher than the average rate over the last seven years of 8.64. percent, the state said.
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“While the report shows improvement in the percentage of teachers staying compared to prior years, there are still far too many teachers leaving the profession,” Democratic Superintendent Mo Green, successor to former Republican Superintendent Catherine Trust (2021-24), said in a statement. “We need to
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