National estimates of retention, migration, and attrition: A multiyear comparison of music and non-music teachers

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-107

  Hancock, Carl B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Music; Teacher attrition; Teacher follow up survey; Teacher migration; Teacher retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650786706     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022429409337299     Document Type: Article

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