Teacher Turnover

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals - Part 2

C. M. Rubin | Posted 05.10.2012

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C. M. Rubin

Today we continue the conversation with someone who understands better than anyone why professional excellence is one of the most vital investments we can make in our children's future: Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Teachers Keep Leaving The Classroom

Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Teacher Layoffs, Working Conditions, Teachers Leaving, Teacher Salaries, Social Action, Teachers Wages, Teacher Turnover Rates, Teachers, Teacher Turnover, Takepart, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, Education News

Just as high school dropout and graduation rates are a persistent issue of concern in the education arena, teacher turnover rates are similarly troubl...

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Overhyping Teach For America, Undercutting Millions of Students

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Brown

I'm concerned that Teach for America is being propped up by many as a cure-all for America's education woes, when it is nothing of the kind.

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