Study finds that teacher retention is improving in state, but still well below pre-pandemic levels

March 4, 2024 at 7:10 a.m.

by Cynthia Howell

Jessica Beshears (left), a teacher in the Health Sciences Academy at Darby Middle School in Fort Smith, talks with students inside of a newly finished classroom at Baptist Health Medical Plaza-Fort Smith in this Sept. 19, 2023 file photo. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Caleb Grieger)
Jessica Beshears (left), a teacher in the Health Sciences Academy at Darby Middle School in Fort Smith, talks with students inside of a newly finished classroom at Baptist Health Medical Plaza-Fort Smith in this Sept. 19, 2023 file photo. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Caleb Grieger)


Arkansas' elementary and secondary teachers were somewhat less likely in this 2023-24 school year to leave the school jobs they had last year, but teacher retention -- staying on the job -- continues to lag below pre-pandemic levels.

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