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Reininger, Michelle – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
This article focuses on an overlooked factor in the unequal sorting of teachers across schools: the geographic preferences of teachers. Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study, the author examines the patterns of geographic mobility of new teachers and compares them to the patterns of other college graduates. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Beginning Teachers, Preferences, Geographic Location
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Feser, Edward; Goldstein, Harvey; Renski, Henry; Renault, Catherine – 2002
A study identified 100 sub-regional concentrations of technology-related employment, research and development, and applied innovation within and immediately adjacent to the 406-county service area of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). Among the findings are that Appalachia's technology sector is comparatively small but expanding, with most…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Geographic Location
Jenson, Jane – 2001
This paper examines the personal and societal choices that will shape the kind of country Canada will become. It is argued that Canadian policymakers' current approach to work, family, and urban life is based on patterns and associations that were developed in an earlier time and no longer reflect Canadians' experiences in the 2000s. Recent trends…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Attitude Change, Demography