Not exact matches
A former inner - city high school teacher, Farrington
left the
classroom after 15 years to get a Ph.D. in
urban - education policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
According to research estimates, one in four beginning teachers will
leave the profession within their first three years in the
classroom, and in
urban areas, close to 50 percent will
leave within five years.
Like most
urban school districts, about 20 % of our workforce
leaves the
classroom annually.
That's quite an accomplishment considering that nationwide, 20 percent of all new teachers
leave the
classroom within three years, and in
urban districts like San Francisco, close to 50 percent of newcomers flee the profession during their first five years of teaching.