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Peer reviewedUseem, Elizabeth; Neild, Ruth Curran – Educational Leadership, 2005
The recruitment and retainment of new and veteran teachers in schools that experience high poverty and low performance is a constant challenge in US school districts. How a new set of initiatives launched by the School District of Philadelphia resulted in a significant drop in its new teacher attrition rate is examined.
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Recruitment, Poverty
