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50 Years of ERIC
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Guin, Kacey – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
This study examines the characteristics of elementary schools that experience chronic teacher turnover and the impacts of turnover on a school's working climate and ability to effectively function. Based on evidence from staff climate surveys and case studies, it is clear that high turnover schools face significant organizational challenges.…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Elementary Schools, Incentives, Teacher Persistence
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Murphy, Patrick; DeArmond, Michael; Guin, Kacey – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2003
Attempted to estimate the size and nature of the teacher shortage of the late 1990s by using data from the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Examination shows that the shortage was distributed unevenly, with urban schools and those in high-poverty areas bearing the brunt. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Low Income Groups, Teacher Supply and Demand, Urban Schools
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Hill, Paul T.; Guin, Kacey – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2003
Alert and aggressive parents will always work the educational system to get the best for their children. School choice programs should be compared against the real performance of the current public education system, not its idealized aspirations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Public Schools