In the face of relentless scrutiny and criticism, vacillating school policies, low pay and increasing demands, many teachers are discouraged and defeated. But not all. In fact some are wildly energized and optimistic. In this segment we explore why many teachers are bailing out while others are kicking in the afterburners and enjoying being a teacher more than ever.

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Robert L. Fried Executive Director Upper Valley Educators Institute and author of The Passionate Teacher. Michelle Malvey, NASP andcontributing author of paper, Ability to Teach in Stressful Times. Michelle Malvey has been an educator for 26 years as a teacher, school psychologist and currently as an elementary principal. She serves on the executive council for the National Association of School Psychologists. Shannon McClintock Miller is the district teacher librarian at Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, Iowa. Shannon blogs at Van Meter Library Voice and can be found on Twitter at @shannonmmiller