From Burnout to Breakthrough: A Human-Centered Blueprint to Support and Sustain Today’s Educators

In a profession built on purpose, how is it that the very people we trust to lead and teach—teachers, principals, superintendents—are burning out faster than any workforce in the nation?

According to Gallup, K–12 educators are the most burned-out professionals in America. Nearly half report feeling “always” or “very often” burned out. But burnout isn’t the root problem—it’s the byproduct of a deep...

In districts across the country, professional development season is in full swing. Schedules are filling with sessions on instructional frameworks, classroom management, and data-driven strategies. But one critical issue continues to be overlooked—one that quietly undermines all the others:

Educators are exhausted. And pedagogy won’t fix burnout.

We don’t have a professional development problem.
We have a human sustainability problem.

The assumption that more training will automatically lead t...