Did you quit teaching this school year? Chalkbeat wants to talk to you.

Teaching, like many professions, has undergone significant shifts during the pandemic.

To better understand this new reality for teachers, Chalkbeat is looking to speak with people across the country who quit teaching — or have given notice — during the 2021-22 school year.

Did you leave the classroom this year? We’d love to hear your story.

To be clear, we don’t want to overstate what the data on teachers leaving the profession shows. As Chalkbeat reported in February, “claims of a coming — or ongoing — teacher exodus warrant considerable skepticism. That’s both because we don’t yet have data to support strong assertions and because recent history suggests that an exodus is unlikely.”

But recent surveys and polls offer hints that more teachers have considered leaving the field. New data from Texas, South Carolina, Philadelphia, and Clark County, Nevada, show a jump in teachers leaving in the middle of the school year. A 2021 poll of the nation’s largest teachers union found that 55% of its members reported an increased likelihood that they would quit teaching earlier than expected. And stories of teachers who’ve recently quit are increasingly common on social media platforms.

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