Teacher turnover: Examining exit attrition, teaching area transfer, and school migration

Exceptional Children

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-31

  Boe, Erling E ^a,c   Cook, Lynne H ^b   Sunderland, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 51549107794     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290807500101     Document Type: Article

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