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Teacher Exit and Educational Opportunity: Lessons from Career and Technical Education

Authors :
Hannah Kistler
Shaun M. Dougherty
S. Colby Woods
Source :
Educational Researcher. 2024 53(3):156-166.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Ensuring a stable pool of teachers is critical to building a pipeline of future workers, especially in career and technical education (CTE), where programming can lead to immediate post-school employment or postsecondary enrollment. We use longitudinal state data with unemployment insurance records to document workforce dynamics among CTE teachers. We find that teachers in hard-to-staff CTE areas are more likely to leave teaching and are difficult to replace, creating net reductions in the number of students who can be served. We demonstrate that teachers with the greatest likelihood of leaving are also those who earn the most money in their post-teaching employment, suggesting actionable dimensions for policies to help retain or recruit teachers in these areas.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0013-189X and 1935-102X
Volume :
53
Issue :
3
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Educational Researcher
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1418345
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X231223132