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Article: Systems thinking can improve teacher retention.(What's New In ...)
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- The Clearing House
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- May 1, 2003
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The rate that teachers leave their profession far exceeds the attrition rate in private industry. Although corporations expect a 6 percent loss of staff per year, Norton (1999) reports that 25 percent of teachers have left the profession by the end of the first year, and only 50 percent of the teachers remain on the job after five years. Karge (1993) found that up to 40 percent of new teachers leave the profession by the end of two years. In addition, the National Commission on Teaching (1996) reports that U.S. schools will need to hire two million more teachers during the next decade due to increasing enrollments. Recruitment and replacement of quality teachers are costly ...