Poll finds teachers happy overall, but sizeable numbers still plan to leave profession
Posted: October 26, 2006
Summary: Public school teachers are more satisfied with their careers than they have been in 20 years, in part because more U.S. adults see teaching as a greatly prestigious career, according to a recent MetLife report on The American Teacher. Even so, the percent of teachers planning on leaving the profession has remained steady over the same period.
Topic areas: Teacher retention
Report finds poor and minority students have least access to best teachers
Summary: This report from the Education Trust highlights selected findings from studies of teacher distribution in three midwestern states and three large urban districts within those states. The studies all found that poor and minority students were the least likely to be taught by the most qualified teachers.
Posted date: July 20, 2006
Topic areas: teacher quality; NCLB; high-poverty schools; high-minority schools
Staffing rules in urban districts have unintended consequences
Posted: Nov. 27, 2005
Summary: A report from the New Teacher Project finds that contractual staffing rules can hobble efforts in urban districts to make the best matches between teachers and schools.
Topic area: teacher qualifications; teacher recruitment; urban schools
