Teacher recruitment and retention: A review of the recent empirical literature

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-208

  Guarino, Cassandra M ^a   Santibañez, Lucrecia ^b   Daley, Glenn A ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

^c Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

Teacher attrition; Teacher labor market; Teacher recruitment; Teacher retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746354590     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543076002173     Document Type: Review

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