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From Classrooms to Careers: A Descriptive Examination of High School Students' Interest in Teaching Professions
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Ashley Ellison; Thomas Smith – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: School districts across the United States face persistent difficulties recruiting and retaining teachers (García & Weiss, 2019; Schmitt & deCourcy, 2022). Over the last decade, every state in the south has faced a growing teacher shortage, with some facing shortages in all grades and subjects (U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Choice, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment
The Relationship between Hispanic Teachers and Hispanic Student Academic Achievement in Texas
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Aguilar, Ramona Morin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study will be to determine if there is a relationship between Hispanic student achievement and the percentage of Hispanic teachers per district in the state of Texas. Specifically, this study will investigate the relationship between the percentage of Hispanic students per district who pass the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
An Assessment of KnowledgeWorks(RTM) OHSTI on Urban High School Success Indicators
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Yenrick, Robert Wesley – ProQuest LLC, 2009
S. Zellman (personal communication, September 16, 2003), Ohio's superintendent of public instruction, stated, "Students in Ohio's urban high schools demonstrate serious shortcomings in their academic performance." Hence, this ex post facto study, which used pre-existing data, sought to investigate if a statistical difference between the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Teacher Persistence, Academic Achievement