Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Schools. Far West Laboratory Knowledge Brief. Number Four / Deanne Stone.

Rural schools are having difficulty recruiting and retaining teachers. The national teacher turnover rate is 6% annually, but in rural areas reaches 30% to 50%. Rural teachers often leave due to social, cultural, geographic, and professional isolation. They are often unprepared for rural realities t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Stone, Deanne
Corporate Authors:	Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990.
Subjects:	Elementary Secondary Education. Faculty Mobility. Faculty Recruitment. Rural Education. Rural Schools. Small Schools. Teacher Employment. Teacher Recruitment. Teacher Selection. Teacher Shortage. Teacher Supply and Demand. Teachers.