Teachers of color are more likely than White teachers to intend to leave teaching and to actually leave the profession¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? In 2021, 44% of teachers of color said they would leave teaching as soon as possible if they could get a higher-paying job, and in 2022 more Black teachers (9%) than White teachers (7%) left teaching. → Carver-Thomas 2025
Evidence¶
Carver-Thomas 2025¶
Carver-Thomas, D., Leung-Gagné, M., & García, E. (2025). Supporting and sustaining a diverse teacher workforce. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/216.666
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Descriptive analysis of nationally representative teacher survey data (NTPS and Teacher Follow-up Survey) reported in the executive summary and introduction. The report states that "in 2021, 44% of teachers of color said they would “leave teaching as soon as possible”" and that 9% of Black teachers versus 7% of White teachers left in 2022.
"in 2021, 44% of teachers of color said they would “leave teaching as soon as possible” if they could get a higher-paying job; in 2022, 9% of Black teachers did leave teaching, compared to 7% of White teachers."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Teachers of color report more workplace stress and dissatisfaction than White teachers — related
- All students, regardless of race or ethnicity, benefit socially, emotionally, and academically from a diverse teacher workforce, while teachers of color experience burnout and leave the profession at higher rates than their White peers — related
- Teachers of color disproportionately enter through alternative certification pathways, which predict higher turnover — related
- Teachers of color leave the teaching profession at higher rates than white teachers (about 19 percent vs. 15 percent turnover). — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- Attrition gaps between staff of color and non-Hispanic White staff grew during the pandemic except for school administrators, where they narrowed — related
- Between 2020–21 and 2021–22, 15.1% of U.S. public school teachers moved schools or left the profession, and turnover is now about 20% higher than in 1992 — a broader claim this one bears on
- Teachers of color leave schools or the profession at higher annual rates than White teachers, driven largely by school moving — related
- Overall U.S. teacher turnover is about 16% annually, with about 8% leaving the profession and about 8% moving schools — a broader claim this one bears on
- Dissatisfaction is the most-cited reason for leaving, cited by 55% of profession-leavers and 66% of school-movers — related
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Teachers of color are more likely than White teachers to intend to leave teaching and to actually leave the profession |
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Teachers of color are more likely than White teachers to intend to leave teaching and to actually leave the profession |
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moderate |
newest_evidence |
2025 |
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2030 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-10 |
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1 — carver-thomas-2025 |
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