We’re not in the business of spreading gloom, but when you come across issues that are affecting teachers across the globe we think it is worth looking at.

This report popped up in one of our feeds. It notes the high percentage of American teachers who are looking to get out of the job.

We spotted it at the same time as the recent pay claim by teacher unions in England picked up media coverage.

Recently Gabbie Stroud wrote this article for the Guardian about teacher shortages. This time in Australia.

We’ve got a lot of common ground. The problems are pretty much the same.

“Burn-out … high expectation”

Burn-out is mentioned a lot. However, let’s not kid ourselves that we are the only profession struggling with it.

Here you’ll see why 75% of software developers in the US are looking to leave. Yes, burnout is right up there.

Eira May lists the reasons why these professional are part of the Big Quit and there are similarities with us. Agreed, there are some fundamental differences, but as usual, we’d like you to draw your own conclusions.