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Survey: Districts Brace for ‘Mass Exodus’ of School Principals in Wake of Coronavirus Pandemic

BY PENNY STARR

 

survey of more than 500 principals conducted by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) found that nearly four in ten school leaders said they expect to step down within the next three years — some even sooner. And more than a third will leave the education field altogether as soon as they find a higher-paying job.

The NASSP called it a “mass exodus,” and the survey found the number even higher for principals who have been on the job for four years or less — 62 percent said they will leave within the next six years. Still, more will be retiring.

The 74 websites reported on how trying to run schools for the past two years in states with restrictive lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll.

The report cited a study that shows the lockdowns have hurt specific groups that are already at risk:

 

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