What it takes to stick it out: Two veteran inner-city teachers after 25 years

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-491

  Cohen, Rosetta Marantz ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Retention; Teachers lives; Urban schools; Veteran teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149180146     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540600903057252     Document Type: Review

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