The nation's top teachers share their biggest challenges: Burnout, student mental health and more
Top teachers across the country say they face major hurdles in the classroom, many of which stem from closures during the COVID pandemic, a recent ABC News survey found. Top teachers across the country say they face major hurdles in the classroom -- including staffing shortages, the pinch of low pay and addressing students' mental health -- many of which stem from closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent ABC News survey found. "I think teachers are just the fabric of our communities," Rebecka Peterson, the 2023 educator of the year, told ABC News earlier this year. "And I think we have to think of big and small ways that we can wrap our arms around teachers and remind them how important they are to us individually and to us as communities." For this story, ABC News solicited responses from each state teacher of the year winner to see what they viewed as the greatest current challenge facing educators. 2023 Teacher of the Year, Rebecka Peterson. Lily Chris...