Our Collective Power 2026 · Atlanta

Bet on Your People

The talent questions boards need for the workforce ahead.

Talent is the fuel for the academic engine. Boards do not manage the workforce, but they set the goals, budgets, policies, and agreements that decide who comes and who stays.

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Five talent questions for your superintendent

  1. Who are we losing?

    What are our teacher and principal turnover rates by school, subject, and race over the last three years?

  2. What is it costing us?

    What does turnover cost in dollars, and how many of our students are taught by first- and second-year teachers?

  3. Where do our new hires actually come from?

    Which pipelines produce teachers we hire and keep, especially for the roles we need most?

  4. Are we growing the people we already have?

    How well do we retain, develop, and promote current staff, and who is ready to lead in three years?

    Follow-up: What do our people say about working here, and what are we changing because of it?

  5. Does our labor agreement help or hurt?

    What does our next agreement, or pay package, need to do to help us hire and keep great people?

The rule: Ask, do not manage. A good board question asks for evidence, a plan, or a tradeoff.
Three numbers worth knowing
  • 1 in 5

    public school principals leave their school each year

    NCES, 2020 to 21
  • $25,000

    nearly what a larger district spends to replace one teacher

    Learning Policy Institute, 2024
  • 80%

    of public school teachers are White, compared with 44 percent of students

    NCES; teachers 2020 to 21, students fall 2023

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