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During the pandemic, without guaranteed access to paid leave, teachers, already experiencing heightened stress, have been leaving the profession in droves. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images
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The Biden administration is expected to call for paid family and medical leave in its next major plan aimed at supporting families and revitalizing an economy devastated by the pandemic. It must not leave public school teachers behind.
Before the pandemic, many teachers did not have access to paid leave. A large number had to piece together a handful of paid sick days and unpaid leave in order to take time off to recover from childbirth, bond with a new infant, tend to an ailing family member or care for themselves.