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Education Trust, 2022
Research says that teacher diversity benefits all students, regardless of race or Ethnicity. However, while the majority of students in the U.S. are of color, only about 20% of teachers are of color. Increasing the racial and cultural diversity of the teacher workforce takes a statewide commitment to collecting and analyzing educator workforce…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Diversity (Faculty), Experienced Teachers, Minority Group Teachers
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Lindsay, Jim; Jiang, Jennie; Wan, Carol; Gnedko Berry, Natalya – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
Statewide teacher shortages are hindering Michigan's efforts to ensure that all students have equitable access to qualified teachers. Implementing teacher supports--which may be policies, practices, or programs--to increase teacher retention offers a way to alleviate shortages. This study identified supports implemented by local education agencies…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Qualifications
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Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2021
The "Supports Associated with Teacher Retention in Michigan" study examined local teacher retention rates from 2013/14 to 2018/19 and teachers' responses to a survey about teacher supports in their local agencies and their perceptions of those supports. Average annual teacher retention rates among Michigan's local education agencies…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Qualifications
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
State and local education agencies across the country face challenges related to understanding and managing their teaching staff to best help students learn. Statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) offer valuable information about teacher labor markets that can be used to analyze supply and demand, inform budget and staffing decisions, and…
Descriptors: Unions, Labor Market, Teachers, Data Collection
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Rosenbaum, Rene P.; Smith, Julia; Zhang, Gaoming – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2006
This paper considers the case of the Michigan Migrant Head Start program to describe and analyze the labor market conditions and teaching staff characteristics to identify the challenges faced by Migrant Head Start grantees in attracting, hiring, retaining, and training degreed teachers. The emphasis is on describing and analyzing the child care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Labor Market, Young Children
Scheetz, L. Patrick; Slade, Katie – 1993
This study examines the tight job market for teachers and other education professionals in Michigan and the United States. Expanding employment possibilities can be achieved by an awareness of market trends and a willingness to be flexible. Flexibility includes broadening one's scope, developing expertise in high demand subject areas, expanding…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Birth Rate, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education