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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Hansen, Michael L.; Lien, Diana S.; Cavalluzzo, Linda C.; Wenger, Jennie W. – CNA Corporation, 2004
Evidence suggests that compensation affects teacher retention. In general, studies have concluded that higher teacher pay increases the likelihood that a person will continue to teach. Similarly, attractive earnings opportunities outside teaching encourage people to leave the teaching profession. While these findings are intuitive, researchers…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Labor Force, Teacher Persistence, Urban Areas
Wenger, Jennie W.; Hodari, April K. – CNA Corporation, 2004
The Conference Report of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1999 directed the establishment of a 5-year pilot program requiring the Services to treat two groups as Tier 1 for enlistment eligibility purposes: (1) graduates of homeschools and (2) graduates of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program who also hold GED credentials…
Descriptors: Graduates, Home Schooling, Recruitment, Individual Characteristics