Explaining the Gap in Charter and Traditional Public School Teacher Turnover Rates

Autor/inn/en	Stuit, David A.; Smith, Thomas M.
Titel	Explaining the Gap in Charter and Traditional Public School Teacher Turnover Rates
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 31 (2012) 2, S.268-279 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.09.007
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Public School Teachers; Teacher Persistence; Unions; Faculty Mobility; Union Members; Labor Turnover; Public Schools; National Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Conditions; Comparative Analysis; Teaching Experience; Teacher Certification; Predictor Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Gewerkschaftsmitglied; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Prädiktor
Abstract	This study uses national survey data to examine why charter school teachers are more likely to turnover than their traditional public school counterparts. We test whether the turnover gap is explained by different distributions of factors that are empirically and theoretically linked to turnover risk. We find that the turnover rate of charter school teachers was twice as high as traditional public school teachers in 2003-04. Differences in the distributions of our explanatory variables explained 61.0% of the total turnover gap. The higher proportions of uncertified and inexperienced teachers in the charter sector, along with the lower rate of union membership, were the strongest contributors to the turnover gap. Charter school teachers were more likely to self-report that working conditions motivated their decisions to leave the profession or move schools, although we found no measurable evidence that the actual working conditions of charter and traditional public schools were different. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10