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ERIC Number: EJ666112
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
The Wrong Solution to the Teacher Shortage.
Ingersoll, Richard M.; Smith, Thomas M.
Educational Leadership, v60 n8 p30-33 May 2003
Proposes alternative explanation for teacher shortage. Data suggest that attrition among beginning teachers, largely due to poor working conditions, is the root cause of the teacher shortage. Discusses what schools can do to reduce new-teacher attrition. (Contains 14 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Turnover, Mentors, Teacher Shortage, Work Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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