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Feng, Li – Education Economics, 2014
Teachers' initial placement has important implications for student achievement and the distribution of teachers among schools. This paper combines data from a US Baccalaureate and Beyond longitudinal study with school and school district information from the Common Core of Data to study the effects of initial school placement on teacher mobility.…
Descriptors: Teacher Placement, Faculty Mobility, Career Choice, Longitudinal Studies
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Ingersoll, Richard M.; Perda, David – American Educational Research Journal, 2010
This study seeks to empirically ground the debate over mathematics and science teacher shortages and evaluate the extent to which there is, or is not, sufficient supply of teachers in these fields. The authors' analyses of nationally representative data from multiple sources show that math and science are the fields most difficult to staff, but…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teacher Shortage, Science Teachers
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Fowler, William J., Jr.; Mittapalli, Kavita – ERS Spectrum, 2006
This article critically questions where public school teachers go when they leave the teaching profession. It reviews the research to find that few studies appear to explain what occupations former experienced teachers ("leavers") move to. The article draws evidence from National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data sets and…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Public School Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Public Education
Henke, Robin R.; And Others – 1996
This study used data from the ongoing Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study to examine college graduates' preparation for and entry into teaching, as well as their movement into and out of the profession over time. Text, seven figures, and 15 tables detail the data on the "teacher pipeline"; examine who enters it (such as…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Career Choice, Demography, Education Majors