How teaching conditions predict teacher turnover in California schools

Peabody Journal of Education

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 44-70

  Loeb, Susanna ^a   Darling Hammond, Linda ^a   Luczak, John ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Joyce Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 24744456139     PISSN: 0161956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327930pje8003_4     Document Type: Article

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