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Wilkinson, Gayle A. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
The revolving door appropriately describes the attrition among beginning teachers. Especially high attrition plagues our urban schools where highly qualified teachers are most crucial. Even though research over 3 decades has provided the basis for intricate induction programs, not all new teachers experience them. Effective mentoring has provided…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Persistence, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers
Rice, Jennifer King; Cohen, Carol – Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2006
In this paper, the authors describe a cost analysis framework and approach that can be easily understood by a range of relevant audiences and that has been successfully used to estimate the costs of a range of professional development initiatives. The paper illustrate its use by drawing on the authors' experience applying the framework in three…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Professional Development, Measurement Techniques, Costs