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Podcast: Texas Wants to Know
Episode: Why are so many educators leaving the classroom?
Description: As North Texas students prepare to return to school in just a few weeks, fewer and fewer teachers are doing the same. School districts around the state are still looking for educators.
Rena Honea, president of Alliance AFT in Dallas, says the pandemic has a lot to do with the shortage, while two former DFW-area teachers explain why they left the classroom.