Music Advocacy Facts
Poor administrative support, lack of faculty influence, classroom intrusions, inadequate time, and poor salary are the top five reasons for dissatisfaction-related teacher turnover in high-poverty urban schools. Poor salary, poor administrative support, poor student motivation, student discipline problems, and lack of faculty influence are the top five reasons for dissatisfaction-related teacher turnover in low-poverty suburban schools.
From: Richard M. Ingersoll, adapted for NCTAF from "Teacher Turnover and Teacher Shortages: An Organizational Analysis" American Educational Research Journal 38(fall 2001), 499-534. Source cited in No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children.
Available here: National Commission On Teaching and America's Future
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