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The Effects of School Facility Quality on Teacher Retention
in Urban School Districts
February 2004
Abstract
The attrition of both new and experienced teachers is a great challenge
for schools and school administrators throughout the United States, particularly
in large urban districts. Because of the importance of this issue, there
is a large empirical literature that investigates why teachers quit and
how they might be better induced to stay. Here we build upon this literature
by suggesting another important factor: the quality of school facilities.
We investigate the importance of facility quality using data from a survey
of K-12 teachers in Washington, D.C. We find in our sample that facility
quality is an important predictor of the decision of teachers to leave
their current position.
This research was supported in part by the Ford Foundation and the 21st
Century School Fund through its BEST (Building Educational Success Together)
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