Could a million teachers be preparing to exit the classroom?

Anthony Cody, in his Ed Week blog, takes a look at the recently released Metlife Survey of the American Teacher and some of its surprising results.  Overall, teachers are less satisfied in their work than they ever have been.  Much of this is due to the challenges the economy has placed on students and the teachers themselves.

One would imagine that the current anti-teacher sentiment in this country contributes to this as well.  With the corporate "reformers" trying to push an agenda of expanded class sizes and faulty value added evaluation measures and the continued fight to secure adequate funding for our public schools,  it is no wonder that more teachers find themselves thinking of doing something else.  And that is a shame.  Educators get into this profession for the love of it and it seems more and more that this test driven, shallow curriculum culture will drive away many talented, creative and dedicated educators in a time when they are needed more than ever.