School Closures in Chicago: What Happened to the Teachers?

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Helen; Sartain, Lauren
Titel	School Closures in Chicago: What Happened to the Teachers?
Quelle	In: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 42 (2020) 3, S.331-353 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3737
DOI	10.3102/0162373720922218
Schlagwörter	School Closing; Outcomes of Education; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Employment; Labor Market; Faculty Mobility; Teacher Persistence; Reentry Workers; Racial Differences; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Effectiveness; Teacher Selection; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Beruflicher Wiedereinstieg; Rassenunterschied; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	In 2013, the Chicago Board of Education closed 47 elementary schools, directly affecting 13,000 students and 900 teachers. The closures created employment uncertainty for closed-school teachers, and this article investigates the labor market consequences for teachers. We employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares the exit rates of closed-school teachers with teachers in schools that only experienced threat of closure. We estimate that the closures resulted in a near doubling of teacher exit among teachers in closed schools, particularly among low-performing teachers. We also find that, among closed-school teachers, Black teachers were more likely to return than White teachers. Given the nationwide trend of school closures for budgetary or performance reasons, this article has implications for strategic retention of effective teachers. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01