Kansas’s Teacher Exodus

Emily Richmond, The Atlantic: Education
Wed, 07/15/2015 - 3:47pm

Kansas’s Teacher Exodus

Frustrated and stymied by massive budget cuts that have trimmed salaries and classroom funding, Kansas teachers are “fleeing across the border” to neighboring states that offer better benefits and a friendlier climate for public education, NPR’s Sam Zeff reported. To be sure, this is a tough time for the Sunflower State, where funding shortfalls forced a half-dozen districts to shorten their academic calendars, and teacher jobs are being advertised on billboards.

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