Careers in motion: A longitudinal retention study of role changing among early-career urban educators

Teachers College Record

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 218-249

  Quartz, Karen Hunter ^a   Thomas, Andrew ^a   Anderson, Lauren ^a   Masyn, Katherine ^b   Lyons, Kimberly Barraza ^a   Olsen, Brad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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