Staffing At-risk School Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects - Softcover

Kirby, Sheila Nataraj ; Naftel, Scott ; Berends, Mark

9780833027603: Staffing At-risk School Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects

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ISBN 10: 0833027603 ISBN 13: 9780833027603

Publisher: RAND, 1999

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Teacher supply and demand issues are of critical importance as our society enters the 21st century. Over the next decade, about two million new teachers will be needed largely because of a dramatic increase in enrollments and high attrition rates as an aging teacher workforce becomes eligible for retirement. It is important to understand where these teachers will come from and where they will teach. This is especially important for high-poverty districts that tend to have large numbers of students at risk of educational failure. These districts, which also tend to be disproportionately minority, are already facing difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified teachers. Given this, it is important to ask whether we will be able to staff high-risk and high-minority districts. National data show that these districts are staffed predominantly by minority teachers. Thus, the answer to the question of who will staff these districts revolves around whether we will have enough

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