A teacher speaks to students in her second-grade class in 2020. Teacher turnover reached a record high after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) I didn’t come to my L.A.

I didn’t come to my L.A. school’s campus in August to set up my classroom, or spend my last days of summer mapping the upcoming curriculum. Instead, I became one of the record number of teachers not ...

I didn’t come to my L.A. school’s campus in August to set up my classroom, or spend my last days of summer mapping the upcoming curriculum. Instead, I became one of the record number of teachers not ...