One in Five Teachers Expected to Retire

Fact #446: Teacher attrition is expected to average about 8 percent per year in the next five years.  (Source: Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2005)

Fact #447:  One in five (22 percent) current public school teachers expects to be retired five years from now.  Twelve percent expect to be in an education job other than K – 12 teaching. (Source: Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2005)

Fact #448:  Half (50 precent) of current high school teachers expect not to be teaching in K – 12 schools in 2010.  One-third (34 percent) of high school teachers to be retired by then.  (Source: Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2005)

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Ira S Wolfe