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  New Alliance for Excellent Education Brief: Costly Effects of Teacher Turnover What Keeps Good Teachers in the Classroom? Understanding and Reducing Teacher Turnover, made possible with the generous support of MetLife Foundation, contends that attracting and keeping high-quality teachers significantly elevates student achievement, especially in poorer, low-performing schools. However, an estimated 157,000 teachers leave the profession every year. An additional 232,000 change schools. The costs associated with both are high, both financially and in terms of teacher quality, as experienced teachers are replaced with novices. Teachers are crucial to the success of our students. Yet many of them are leaving their schools and the profession every year, particularly in poorer, lower-performing schools. Several studies have attempted to identify why teachers leave and how to stem their turnover, but few have identified the quality of teachers who are departing. As in any profession, not all attrition is bad, but whether bad or good, it has financial ramifications. This brief explores the costs associated with teachers leaving the profession and their schools, the characteristics of those likely to leave, and what can be done to prevent unnecessary and costly turnover. For more information on this Alliance for Excellent Education brief, click on the URL below. To download a free PDF version of the report, go to Alliance for Excellent Education: What Keeps Good Teachers in the Classroom? Understanding and Reducing Teacher Turnover Brief. Related resources on SchoolsMovingUp: SchoolsMovingUp's special section on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) provides specific resources, services, and tools on key NCLB topics, including select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by major NCLB topics. For more information on highly qualified teachers, go to SchoolsMovingUp's NCLB/ Highly Qualified Teachers page. URL: http://www.all4ed.org/press_room/press_releases/02262008 |
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