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Staffing At-Risk School Districts in Texas
Problems and Prospects
Teacher supply and demand issues are of critical importance as our society enters the 21st century. Over the next decade, about two million new teachers will be needed largely because of a dramatic increase in enrollments and high attrition rates as an aging teacher workforce becomes eligible for retirement. It is important to understand where these teachers will come from and where they will teach. This is especially important for high-poverty districts that tend to have large numbers of students at risk of educational failure. These districts, which also tend to be disproportionately minority, are already facing difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified teachers. Given this, it is important to ask whether we will be able to staff high-risk and high-minority districts. National data show that these districts are staffed predominantly by minority teachers. Thus, the answer to the question of who will staff these districts revolves around whether we will have enough minority teachers. This report aims to fill part of this information gap by examining demand and supply of minority teachers in Texas.
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Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two:
Students and Teachers in At-Risk Settings PDF
Chapter Three:
Components of Teacher Supply PDF
Chapter Four:
Components of Teacher Demand PDF
Chapter Five:
Conclusions and Policy Implications PDF
Appendix A:
Resources and Working Conditions in Low-, Medium-, and High-Risk Districts PDF
Appendix B:
Results of Multivariate Models Based on Teacher Characteristics, 1980-81 to 1995-96 PDF
References PDF
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