Nate Bowling (نيت بولينج)Feb 12, 2023

I sat down this week to write about the K-12 teacher shortage in the US. Halfway through, I realized calling it a shortage absolves policymakers of their role in creating poor working conditions in classrooms and driving people out of the profession.

The way we treat practitioners is fundamentally at odds with the values we collectively espouse and a ton of folks are seeing that and looking for the exits.

https://natebowling.substack.com/p/the-canaries-are-dead-and-no-one

The Canaries are Dead and No One Wants to Go into the Mine

Yet another colleague from back home reached out to let me know they're listing me as a reference this week. We're losing great teachers at a distressing rate.

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@natebowling I once enjoyed connections to a large network of civic educators working across the U.S. Now they work in customer support, community engagement, and / or a LONG list of “side hustles.”

I feel the loss but I’ll support these passionate people in whatever they do. I grieve for what our students and learning communities have lost.

It might be a “teacher shortage” but it’s also a passion drain.

Feb 12, 2023 at 5:13pmWeb