Knowing how policy-induced salary schedule changes affect teacher recruitment and retention will significantly advance our understanding of how resources matter for K-12 student learning. This study sheds light on this issue by estimating how legislative funding changes in Washington state in 2018-2019--induced by the McCleary court-ordered…

This article deals with two key legal issues for study abroad (SA) in Europe, namely (i) the lack of a comprehensive and legislative definition of SA, and (ii) the need to shift from the concept of non-EU "student immigration" to that of student mobility. Italy is the only EU Member State to recognise and define SA, with the other 26 EU…

This article investigates six pathways through which students possessing initial vocational qualifications can enter higher education in Norway. In Norway, vocational education and training (VET) tracks in upper secondary education are popular nationwide with the youth population, catering to almost half of every youth cohort. However, despite…

Presenteeism is a severe global public health issue, which is widespread in the community of teachers. Limited evidence shows presenteeism patterns and their associations with work engagement and turnover intention among primary and secondary school teachers in China. In this study, latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to categorize the…

Based on the qualitative interview data from children and parents in a mixed-community village in tribal areas of Odisha, one of the eastern state of India, the paper examines how the parental perceptions and the context of their decision-making process, shape the choice for private schooling even they have limited income and government run…

The "peidu" trend has become prevalent in rural China in the last decade, with many rural children seen studying in urban schools accompanied by their adult family members in county capitals. Essentially, "peidu" is a practice of migration for school choice. However, unlike in the international context, this school choice…

The worldwide problem of teacher recruitment and retention is particularly pronounced in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects, due in part to a lack of trainee teachers and to high rates of attrition. The teacher shortage has resulted in non-specialist teachers teaching STEM subjects and is likely to have a negative…

This study explores the phenomenon of chain migration among university students from Sicily to central and northern Italy. Over recent decades, such trends in mobility have been growing. Utilising data from the Italian Ministry of University and Research and focusing on first-year students from the 2014 and 2017 cohorts, this work investigates…

In this article, the author explores the impacts of Wisconsin's public school Open Enrollment (OE) program. The article uses data from 2013 to 2022 to explain the factors driving in- and out-migration of students under OE, and the impact of OE flows on district-level achievement. The results indicate students are more likely to leave districts…

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic teachers reported high levels of stress and burnout, raising concerns about a potential increase in teacher turnover and future teacher shortages. We use administrative data from the 2018 to 2019 through 2022 to 2023 school years to examine how the pandemic affected teacher turnover in Arkansas. We find relatively…

This article explores some of the disparities between policy and practice in relation to the use of managed moves in the UK education system. The article interweaves professional reflection as a practitioner, into a review of academic literature and policy in relation to how managed moves could be implemented in order for them to better serve the…

How do the characteristics of new teachers vary geographically? In this article, Yujia Liu, Chanh B. Lam, J. Cameron Anglum, and Tuan D. Nguyen use a novel rurality measure, the Community Assets and Relative Rurality (CARR) index, to examine trends in teachers entering the profession across different levels of rurality, focusing on teachers in…

The purpose of this study is to explore qualities that make school leaders effective in the secondary school setting -- transformational leadership and grit -- and to understand the extent to which school leaders embody both traits in their professional practice. Also, the issue of principal attrition is explored during this research to determine…

The purpose of the quantitative, correlational research study was to develop an understanding of the relationship between employee engagement, perceived organizational support, and turnover intention in elementary school teachers in the Northeastern region of the United States. Survey data were collected in the form of elementary teachers'…

School climate affects student achievement, feelings of safety within the school, and teacher job satisfaction. Concurrently, the principal is often seen as someone with a direct influence on the climate of the school, and therefore someone who has a direct role in shaping these aspects of school climate. Recent data suggests that about one in…