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Staffing At-Risk Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects
Teacher supply and demand issues are of critical importance as our society enters the 21st century. Over the next decade, about two million new teachers will be needed largely because of a dramatic increase in enrollments and high attrition rates as an aging teacher workforce becomes eligible for retirement. It is important to understand where these teachers will come from and where they will teach. This is especially important for high-poverty districts that tend to have large numbers of students at risk of educational failure. These districts, which also tend to be disproportionately minority, are already facing difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified teachers. Given this, it is important to ask whether we will be able to staff high-risk and high-minority districts. National data show that these districts are staffed predominantly by minority teachers. Thus, the answer to the question of who will staff these districts revolves around whether we will have enough
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Staffing At-Risk Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects
Teacher supply and demand issues are of critical importance as our society enters the 21st century. Over the next decade, about two million new teachers will be needed largely because of a dramatic increase in enrollments and high attrition rates as an aging teacher workforce becomes eligible for retirement. It is important to understand where these teachers will come from and where they will teach. This is especially important for high-poverty districts that tend to have large numbers of students at risk of educational failure. These districts, which also tend to be disproportionately minority, are already facing difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified teachers. Given this, it is important to ask whether we will be able to staff high-risk and high-minority districts. National data show that these districts are staffed predominantly by minority teachers. Thus, the answer to the question of who will staff these districts revolves around whether we will have enough
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Staffing At-Risk Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects

Staffing At-Risk Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects

Staffing At-Risk Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects

Staffing At-Risk Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects

Overview

Teacher supply and demand issues are of critical importance as our society enters the 21st century. Over the next decade, about two million new teachers will be needed largely because of a dramatic increase in enrollments and high attrition rates as an aging teacher workforce becomes eligible for retirement. It is important to understand where these teachers will come from and where they will teach. This is especially important for high-poverty districts that tend to have large numbers of students at risk of educational failure. These districts, which also tend to be disproportionately minority, are already facing difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified teachers. Given this, it is important to ask whether we will be able to staff high-risk and high-minority districts. National data show that these districts are staffed predominantly by minority teachers. Thus, the answer to the question of who will staff these districts revolves around whether we will have enough

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780833027603
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Publication date: 11/09/1999
Pages: 87
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.29(d)
Lexile: 1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

Charles Scott Naftel (Ph.D. Program, Political Science, George Washington University) is a research programmer analyst at RAND in Washington DC.

Table of Contents

Chapter One:Introduction Staffing At-Risk Districts Research Questions Rationale for Selecting Texas as the Focus of Study What This Report Does and Does Not Do Organization of the Report Chapter Two: Students and Teachers in At-Risk Settings Defining At-Risk Students in At-Risk Districts Who's Teaching in High-Risk Districts? Chapter Three: Components of Teacher Supply All Teachers Sources of Supply Teachers in At-Risk Districts Chapter Four: Components of Teacher Demand Changes in Student Enrollment Patterns of Attrition Demand for New Teacher Hires Patterns of Attrition: New Teachers Chapter Five: Conclusions and Policy Implications Appendix A. Resources and Working Conditions in Low-, Medium-, and High-Risk Districts B. Results of Multivariate Models Based on Teacher Characteristics, 1980-81 to 1995-96 References ———————————————————————————————————————- -
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