Teacher retention in Appalachian schools: Evidence from Kentucky

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-441

  Cowen, Joshua M ^a   Butler, J S ^a   Fowles, Jacob ^b   Streams, Megan E ^c   Toma, Eugenia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education reform; Rural education; Teacher labor markets

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION REFORM; LABOR MARKET; TEACHER TRAINING;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860881744     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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