It's not only a challenge to keep people in the profession; there's an obvious shortfall in the number of wannabe educators coming through the pipeline.
As districts in several states across the country scramble to find and hire teachers before the start of the school year, there's not as much pressure in the Garden State.
A bill by Assembly Democrats Mila Jasey, Albert Coutinho, Dan Benson and Ralph Caputo to help reduce teacher shortages, particularly in math and science, has signed into law by Governor Chris Christie.