Teachers Under Strain: CBC News journalists in Atlantic Canada and eastern Ontario teamed up to send out questionnaires to thousands of teachers to ask how they're feeling two months into an extraordinary school year. "Teachers have been coming to me letting me know how upset they are, how stressed out they are. Just over 70 per cent of the respondents — who spanned kindergarten to high school teachers — said physical distancing between students in class happened not very often or not at all. If teachers feel stress, it can have an effect on students, according to developmental psychologist Lisa Bayrami. Education Minister Brad Trivers, who noted that "the amount of energy that teachers expend is definitely higher than normal" right now.

Source: CBC News October 28, 2020 07:52 UTC