News tagged with teacher turnover

Lower turnover rates, higher pay for teachers who share race with principal, study shows

With ever-declining budgets, education administrators across the nation have been struggling for years with an increasing teacher turnover rate. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that race may play ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In battle against teacher turnover, MSU mentoring program proves effective

Beginning teachers in urban school districts quit at an alarming rate - often from lack of support - and Michigan State University education experts are targeting the problem with an innovative mentoring program.

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Game on: Sports Analytics Conference produces a growing avalanche of quantitative research

Imagine if your hobby became your profession — or, indeed, if it started a whole new profession.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find that many minority teachers sign on but do not stay

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from the University of Pennsylvania has found that success in recruiting minority teachers for low-income schools is being undone by continuing problems with teacher retention.

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LA students more true to their charter schools than teachers

Teachers in Los Angeles Unified School District’s charter schools are up to three times more likely to leave their school at year’s end compared with their peers in other LAUSD schools, according ...

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created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Large national study strongly links educational leadership to student achievement

A new study released today, the largest of its kind, offers important new evidence affirming the strong connection between what school leaders do and student achievement -- and sheds new light on what effective leadership ...

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created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teacher-designed performance pay programs offer smaller incentives to more teachers

Performance pay programs designed by teachers, for teachers, tend to offer small incentives to a large number of teachers, new research indicates.

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fewer students turn pages of yearbooks in digital age

Kristen Thompson grinned when chatting about how her parents sometimes reminisce about their school days, flipping through the pages of the yearbook.

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created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'No Child' law gets an 'F' from education professor at Illinois

The controversial No Child Left Behind law has forced teachers in low-income school districts to craft a curriculum that marginalizes writing at the expense of teaching to the test, resulting in educators ...

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created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5

U.S. union rates up substantially in 2008 for first time since 1970s, study shows

Buoyed by a rising tide in California in general and Southern California in particular, U.S. unionization levels rose substantially this year, defying a decades-long trend of decline, according to a report by UCLA's Institute ...

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created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

LSU professor dissects patterns of violence in rural communities

[B]Findings suggest that civic participation is key to cutting rates of violent crime[/B] Matthew Lee, professor of sociology at LSU, has taken an intense look at the phenomenon of violence in rural areas. His article, "Ci ...

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created Jun 19, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study in birds suggests method of learning affects how the brain adds neurons

Teaching may be the world’s most noble profession. But new research from Fernando Nottebohm’s Rockefeller University laboratory shows that, in birds, the presence of a teacher may actually limit mental flexibility.

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created Oct 23, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0


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