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Laura Sokal, Professor of Education, University of Winnipeg

Teachers lack resources to meet classroom needs, and absences shouldn’t surprise us

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted schooling on a global scale, challenging teachers with a flood of unmanageable demands.

These demands have persisted, resulting in an echo-pandemic of educator absences and attrition — educators leaving their jobs — that threatens the health of schools.

We wrote about ways to support teachers during the pandemic based on our 2020 national survey of more than 1,300 Canadian teachers.

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