An examination of the influence of personal, professional, and school district characteristics on public school teacher retention
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Abstract
This study quantifies the relationships among the personal and professional attributes of elementary and secondary teachers, the financial, institutional, and demographic characteristics of school districts, and the retention behavior of teachers employed by these districts. A decision to continue teaching in the same district the following year is negatively related to property wealth and the percentage of Indians and Asians in the student population, is positively correlated to teaching experience, salary, an elementary teaching assignment, and district enrollment, and is a quadratic function of age and pupil-certificated staff ratios.