“Her teacher quit last Friday. Just like that, she’s gone,” my friend said to me just a few weeks ago, devastated that her daughter’s second grade teacher — her favorite teacher — left before the school year ended.
Visibly shaken, her voice trembled as she went on, “She’s been crying for days. All the kids are upset. The parents are in an uproar, and the new teacher is a substitute who keeps sending home kindergarten math.” As we witness a massive teacher pipeline break in real-time, families like my friend’s are left to process their emotions over the loss they’re experiencing.
