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When the teachers were asked what would make them stay in public education, 45% said they want pay incentives (retention bonus, pay raise), 35% said they want changes to workload (fewer responsibilities) and 8% said they want workplace safety improvements.

And it's not even about money.

Not sure if just sarcastic but it seems to be very much about money - either wanting retention bonuses, pay raises, and/or less work & responsibility with no mention of taking less pay for doing less.

Also how many teachers does Texas have as 3,800 were surveyed according to the Texas American Federation of Teachers? 3,800 is probably around 1% of the teachers in Texas (and around 6% of the number of teachers in Texas AFT). And of that 1% the 66% they claim is not currently thinking about quitting as the AFT is quoted but seems like it’s that 66% of 3,800 who responded to AFT’s survey have recently considered leaving with no mention of whether that are still considering.

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“In all, 3,800 educators were surveyed across the state, according to the Texas American Federation of Teachers.”

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“Texas AFT represents about 65,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, support personnel, and higher-education employees across the state.”

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In a news conference Monday, Feb. 7, Texas American Federation of Teachers announced a survey sent to its 65,000 members, found two-thirds had in the last year considered leaving the profession

https://www.kwtx.com/2022/02/08/texas-teachers-union-warns-school-staffing-crisis/

So according to other articles instead of survey being sampled to best represent views of entire union membership (their membership still just comprises only 17% to 18% of all teachers in Texas) this survey may have been sent to all its members and only 3,800 actually responded to survey.

This post was edited on 2/12/22 at 2:33 pm