Sentences with phrase «teacher attrition problem»

Springfield Public Schools in Missouri, the author notes, had a serious teacher attrition problem: 70 percent of new teachers who started teaching there had left by the end of their third year.

The importance of teacher working conditions is magnified by the teacher attrition problems plaguing schools — especially in the United States» chronically hard - to - staff urban and rural schools.

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The problem of recruiting STEM teachers is compounded by high attrition.

Teacher attrition and retention continues to be a problem for education systems around the world.

Staff attrition and retention continues to be a problem for education systems around the world, so understanding the factors that influence a teacher's decision to leave the profession and, conversely, the kind of support that might make them stay is a hot topic for researchers.

Mindful of problems with permission, attrition, and absences, we asked each teacher, in the fall, to select four average - achieving and four low - achieving children, based on teachers» perceptions of reading performance (or emergent literacy performance), to complete pretests.

New teacher attrition is a serious problem, with some studies estimating that 50 percent of teachers leave the profession within their first few years.

Attrition among teachers in their first five years — a terrible and costly problem — would likely decrease because young teachers would be better prepared for their work.

The report forces us to take a fresh look at teacher attrition and wakes us up to the fact that our problem is more than just retaining enough teachers, but retaining the right ones.

KIPP has repeatedly ducked questions ranging from its teacher attrition and management problems to its complete lack of experience in providing pre-kindergarten.

See S. Kirby, S. Naftel, and M. Berends, «Staffing At - Risk School Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects,» Rand, 1999, MR -1083-EDU, 106 p. See also R. Henke and L. Zahn, «Attrition of New Teachers Among Recent College Graduates: Comparing Occupational Stability Among 1992 - 93 Graduates Who Taught and Those Who Worked in Other Occupations,» Postsecondary Education Descriptive Analysis Reports, U.S. Department of Education, March 2001, NCES -2001-189.

Beginning teachers make up the largest group of teachers contributing to the attrition rate, but the profession as a whole is riddled with this problem.

Most scholars who have studied these issues such as Richard Ingersoll of the University of Pennsylvania and Linda Darling Hammond of the Learning Policy Institute, conclude that the shortages result from teacher attrition more than the underproduction of teachers, and that attrition is a consequence of low teacher compensation and benefits, poor induction and working conditions, as well the general blaming and shaming of teachers for the problems of society and the accountability systems that have been developed reflecting this view.

While Gleason focuses on the struggles of black teachers, some of the problems they face are relevant to Asian American teachers — particularly that their high attrition rates result from feeling isolated and furthermore, stereotyped by white teachers and their students.