Sentences with phrase «teacher attrition rates»

High teacher attrition rates have been a persistent problem in American education and contribute to low morale and poor student performance, according to studies.

The deeper, longer recession after the financial meltdown in 2007 - 9 appears related to even lower teacher attrition rates.

And then, as the economy begins to expand, teacher attrition rates start climbing again.

The effects of performance pay are likely to be most damaging in our highest - need schools, which already suffer from the greatest teacher attrition rates.

Hoping to stem the defection of young, effective teachers, Breaux created the Framework for Inducting, Retaining, and Supporting Teachers (FIRST), which reduced the school system's teacher attrition rate by 80 percent.

In addition, student enrollments are beginning to climb again, and teacher attrition remains at a high level: At 8 % annually, it is about twice as high as teacher attrition rates in countries like Finland and Singapore, as well as in neighbors like Ontario, Canada.

National data indicate that the public school teacher attrition rate of 7.68 % in 2012 represented a loss of 238,000 teachers in that year, Calculated by taking the total number of FTE teachers in 2011 — 12 and multiplying it by the 2011 — 12 attrition rate.

Lest you think I'm cherry - picking numbers or the D.C. pension assumptions aren't applicable elsewhere, take a look at New York City's actual teacher attrition rate.

To compare our results with a typical teacher attrition rate, we looked at pre-Katrina New Orleans teachers» exits relative to exits by teachers with similar characteristics in other districts that also experienced hurricane effects.

About 16 percent of new educators — the largest portion of Utah's five - year teacher attrition rate of 42 percent — left the classroom before their second year of teaching, according to the Utah State Office of Education.

For example, principals who do not «view themselves as traditional, omnipotent, «top - down» administrators» have been associated with low teacher attrition rates.

Put a dent in our far too high teacher attrition rates, and start valuing the great teachers and the great teaching we see every day in classrooms.

EW: Mentoring seems to have increased as teacher attrition rates have risen.

Teacher attrition rates are especially bad in Hawaii, where only about half of the state's public school teachers remain teaching after five years.

Some Edison schools do have high teacher attrition rates, but the average attrition rate for Edison schools has dropped to around 17 percent, only slightly higher than the national average.

Critics have claimed that the teacher attrition rate at some schools is as high as 70 percent.

Bucking a national trend, Vegas has a high first - year - teacher attrition rate.

Mitra describes how a high school in California that serves many low - income students and English language learners (and with a high dropout and teacher attrition rate) involved students extensively in its school reform efforts.

School leaders who support teachers with instructional resources, teaching materials, and professional learning opportunities have also been associated with lower teacher attrition rates.

As Elias is making the state's case against the lower court ruling, he points to the high teacher attrition rate, saying California loses 22 percent of the workforce in the first four years of teaching.

Retirements, coupled with teacher attrition rates (nearly 30 % quitting teaching during their first three years), could lead to a tremendous teacher shortage by the year 2010.

Among the factors the review board considers are student outcomes, scalability, size, poverty, demographics, discipline policies and student and teacher attrition rates.

Just five percent of applicants are accepted into primary school teacher training programs, and the teacher attrition rate is only a little over one percent per year.