Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Teacher Turnover - Who Stays and Who Leaves

The Educated Reporter: Guest Post: Teacher Turnover - Who Stays and Who Leaves:


Guest Post: Teacher Turnover - Who Stays and Who Leaves

EWA's 66th National Seminar, held at Stanford University, took place earlier this month. We asked some of the journalists attending to contribute posts from the sessions. The majority of the content will soon be available at EdMedia Commons. Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing a few of the posts. Melissa Bailey of the New Haven Independent is today's guest blogger.

When a school loses a high percentage of teachers, what happens to the kids they leave behind?

A researcher shed light on that question, and a former teacher shared a solution, at a EWA National Seminar panel on teacher turnover.

The researcher, Susanna Loeb of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, said the teacher turnover problem