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Ganias, Magdalena – Learning Professional, 2023
This article describes how, in the face of staff shortages and teacher turnover, Worcester (Massachusetts) Public Schools is supporting multiple avenues to recruit and retain quality educators in the district. High-quality professional learning is one of those avenues for ensuring a strong and stable workforce. The district's Office of Curriculum…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Robinson, Gerard; Candal, Cara Stillings – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2023
The United States has been cultivating STEM talent for decades with great success, but that robust talent pipeline is threatened by a growing STEM teacher shortage. Left unaddressed, that shortage could curtail employment in STEM professions and the many related careers that increasingly require some degree of scientific and technological…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Shortage, STEM Careers, Teacher Effectiveness
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Michael T. Miller – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2024
Much is unknown about those who do not finish high school and there is a need to understand who enters and completes alternative high school completion programs, such as the HiSet (High School Equivalency Test), GED (General Education Development Test), or growing number of state sponsored high school equivalency programs. The purpose for…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Student Recruitment, Administrator Attitudes
Hahn, William R.; Banks, Marc A.; Herman, Erica M.; Landry, Christine L.; Viviani, Lauren M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This individual case study is part of a larger group study examining how principals benefit from and shape professional capital to improve schools. Limited studies consider how the recruiting principal's individual pathway may impact who they chose to recruit. Accordingly, this qualitative study examined the factors that influence educators to…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Educational Improvement, Principals, Elementary Secondary Education
Harney, John O. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Thirteen New England colleges and universities have signed on to New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE's) new North Star Collective (NSC), a multi-institutional collaborative to boost Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) early-career faculty at New England colleges and universities. Built on a Reparative Justice Framework, NEBHE…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Racial Bias, Teacher Recruitment, Minority Group Teachers
Trutko, John; Copson, Elizabeth; Marotta, John; Kuehn, Daniel; Trutko, Alexander; Gardiner, Karen – Abt Associates, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) American Apprenticeship Initiative (AAI) funded 46 grantees across the country to expand registered apprenticeship into new sectors, such as healthcare, and to populations historically underrepresented in apprenticeships. DOL commissioned an evaluation of the AAI grants to build evidence about the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Employers, Program Development, Federal Aid
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Shomon Shamsuddin – Education and Urban Society, 2024
Despite high aspirations, many students do not complete postsecondary education. Some scholars advocate for providing more college information to increase enrollment and reduce attainment gaps but this approach overlooks what school counselors and students do with information. Based on interviews and participant observations drawn from 20 urban…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, School Counselors, College Choice, Decision Making
McDole, Tiffany; Francies, Cassidy – Education Commission of the States, 2022
Teacher shortages continue to be a challenge for state policymakers, and while national media coverage paints a picture of widespread shortages, a closer examination reveals that shortages tend to be concentrated in specific subjects and schools. The primary policy response to shortages is often to recruit more teachers, but research demonstrates…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Teacher Shortage, Minority Group Teachers
Feinberg, Jane S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Of the roughly 3.5 million public school teachers in the United States, approximately 80% are White. In contrast, about 51.7% of the nation's students are African American, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian. This mismatch is expected to grow as the number of BIPOC students in our nation's public schools continues to increase. Studies have shown…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, White Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
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Dunsiger, Shira I.; Bock, Beth C.; Horowitz, Santina; Lantini, Ryan; Jennings, Ernestine; Thind, Herpreet – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Few cessation studies have examined their recruitment methods to determine the most effective methods for enrollment and retention. Purpose: Data from a randomized controlled trial of yoga for smoking cessation was used to evaluate recruitment methods (e.g., radio, referral) and their relationship to enrollment, participant…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Recruitment, Enrollment
Exley, Woody – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2021
Over half of U.S. public school students are children and teens of color, yet only about 8 percent of their teachers and administrators are people of color. Convinced that teacher and leader diversity is an essential component of an equitable education for all students, state boards of education have adopted a variety of strategies to attract,…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Equal Education, Educational Strategies, Strategic Planning
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Salazar, Karina G.; Jaquette, Ozan; Han, Crystal – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
Scholarship on college choice largely focuses on how students search for colleges but less is known about how colleges recruit students. This article analyzes off-campus recruiting visits for 15 public research universities. We Web-scrape university admissions websites and issue public records requests to collect data on recruiting visits.…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Students, Student Recruitment, Socioeconomic Status
Francies, Cassidy; Glover, Sarah; Jamieson, Carlos – Education Commission of the States, 2021
Teacher shortages in some regions, schools and content areas have caused states to consider fast-tracking teachers into the classroom through avenues that include little or no clinical preparation. Teachers who enter the profession through these pathways are less likely to be prepared, less effective and less likely to remain in the profession…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Accreditation (Institutions)
Gilbert, Nina; Gran, Jackie; Lewis, Andrea; Teodorescu, Daniel – New Leaders, 2022
This paper aims to draw lessons from existing research on school leader diversity, and to supplement that evidence with new insights from the lived experiences of teachers, aspiring and practicing school leaders of color, and local and state administrators who oversee school leader recruitment and support. These perspectives are elevated to bring…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, Leadership Role, Disproportionate Representation, School Districts
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Ettl Rodríguez, Fritz I. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
Many public high schools in large urban school districts face challenges staffing their sports programs with knowledgeable and well-qualified coaches. Compared to smaller and more suburban districts, these schools have low student participation in sports and high coach attrition rates. These challenges make it difficult for districts to provide…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, Physical Education, Teacher Selection
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