It's a hard job: A study of novice teachers' perspectives on why teachers leave the profession

Current Issues in Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2003, Pages

  McCoy, Leah P ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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