Teacher turnover in high-poverty schools: What we know and can do

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Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Simon, Nicole S ^a   Johnson, Susan Moore ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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