In educational research, this overcrowding is seen as the root cause for failed schools as well
as teacher dissatisfaction.
Not exact matches
Of course, whether educational preferences based on demographics or
dissatisfaction with existing school performance manifest themselves in support for charter schools depends on other circumstances
as well: notably, the political power of opponents to charter schools, the most prominent opponents being
teachers unions; and the degree of school choice already available to parents.
Pre-retirement attrition accounts for the largest share of turnover — and most of the
teachers who leave before retirement list
dissatisfactions with teaching conditions
as their major reasons.
Similarly, in the quartile of schools with the most students of color,
teachers are almost twice
as likely to report severe
dissatisfaction with their site leaders compared to
teachers in schools with the fewest students of color.Sutcher, L., Darling - Hammond, L., and Carver - Thomas, D. (2016).
An analysis of the 2012 - 13
Teacher Follow - up Survey by Richard Ingersoll at the University of Pennsylvania found that 66 percent of
teachers cited
dissatisfaction with school administration
as motivation for leaving their schools.
More than half of the 56,000 minority
teachers who left the profession during the 2004 - 05 school year reported job
dissatisfaction or a new job or career
as the reason for leaving, according to federal data.
Charter school
teachers were also more likely than their district counterparts to cite a desire for a better salary and benefits package or
dissatisfaction with the school
as reasons for changing schools or leaving teaching altogether.
The amount of turnover accounted for by retirement is relatively minor when compared to that associated with other factors, such
as teacher job
dissatisfaction and
teachers pursuing other jobs.
As more and more sources claim that «teaching candidates had not been adequately prepared for» state - mandated tests, the growing sense of
dissatisfaction with traditional
teacher certification programs grows, thus resulting in a diminished interest in teaching from the general public (Harris).
However the above case is decided, there will undoubtedly be lawsuits, union pushback,
teacher dissatisfaction and who - knows - what - else
as the various special interests scramble to do what is best for themselves.
While funding is always a challenge for pioneering programs in education, evidence suggests that investments in SECD pay for themselves, both in the near term, thanks to reductions in
teacher dissatisfaction and turnover, and over the long term, due to cost - savings associated with reduced criminal activity and health costs
as well
as increased tax revenue generated by greater numbers of employable adults (Belfield et al., 2015; Heckman & Kautz, 2013).