A survey by the teachers and principals union NZEI has found principals report 70 percent higher rates of burnout and more than double the rate of stress compared to the general population. Rural principals reported 11 percent higher levels of burnout than those in urban areas. Lynn Freeman talks to Jane Corcoran, principal of Waiototara school in Southern Taranaki and Lynda Stuart, president of the NZEI and principal of May Road School in Auckland's Mt Roskill.
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