Should i stay or should i go? Examining the career choices of alternatively licensed teachers in urban schools

Urban Review

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-142

  Ng, Jennifer C ^a   Peter, Lizette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative licensure; Career changers; Teacher retention; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951879516     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-009-0120-7     Document Type: Article

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