Texas education: Techers report low satisfaction ahead of school [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas — Almost two-thirds of Texas teachers seriously considered leaving education for good at the end of the 2023-24 school year, a new survey found. 

The Texas State Teachers Association surveyed 840 teacher members of its organization as part of a study in collaboration with Sam Houston State University. The survey found that 65% of teachers considered leaving the profession last spring, according to a press release from the association. 

The survey responses are anonymous, making it difficult to track how many of these teachers actually quit, Ovidia Molina, president of the Texas State Teachers Association, said in the release. The findings indicate that teachers are unhappy with the political climate and attitudes toward public education, the release states. 

“I fear many of them have left the classroom or …