What teachers need: research into why teachers leave the profession is helping lawmakers craft better policies to hold onto them.
State Legislatures › Vol. 35 Nbr. 8, September 2009
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What teachers need: research into why teachers leave the profession is helping lawmakers craft better policies to hold onto them.
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Todd Allen, a young, enthusiastic special education teacher, was living his lifelong dream of working in an urban school. In his first three years, he was optimistic about his career. He felt he was making a difference in the lives of his students. But after his fourth year of teaching, things changed. Allen became disillusioned by the ever-mounting federal and state administrative requirements for special education and the disappearance of aides. He left his hard-to-staff position and went into fifth grad...See the full content of this document
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