Pandemic-era attrition gaps widened for early-career teachers and health and counseling staff, charter school staff, and LEA administrators in large LEAs¶
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q2 i? Gaps in attrition rates were exacerbated during the pandemic for teachers and health and counseling staff early in their careers, in charter schools, and for LEA administrators in large LEAs. → Stephen Lipscomb 2023
Evidence¶
Stephen Lipscomb 2023¶
Stephen Lipscomb, Ijun Lai, Duncan Chaplin, Alma Vigil, Hena Matthias. (2023). Staff Attrition from Pennsylvania Public Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mathematica. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED
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Observational analysis of how pandemic-era attrition changes varied with staff career stage, school sector, and LEA size in Pennsylvania. The brief states gaps were "exacerbated during the pandemic" for the named groups; no effect sizes or tests are printed.
"Gaps in attrition rates were also exacerbated during the pandemic for teachers and health and counseling staff early in their careers and in charter schools and for LEA administrators in large LEAs."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Statewide public school staff attrition in Pennsylvania rose from 4 percent in preceding years to 5 percent between fall 2020 and fall 2021 during the pandemic — a broader claim this one bears on
- Attrition gaps between staff of color and non-Hispanic White staff grew during the pandemic except for school administrators, where they narrowed — related
- Remote learning was not associated with increased attrition among Pennsylvania elementary school teachers — related
- Teacher attrition patterns do not contribute to inequitable access to effective teachers — related
- LEA Design Teams came to believe that focusing first on teacher-of-color retention builds conditions that later support recruitment — related
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Pandemic-era attrition gaps widened for early-career teachers and health and counseling staff, charter school staff, and LEA administrators in large LEAs |
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Pandemic-era attrition gaps widened for early-career teachers and health and counseling staff, charter school staff, and LEA administrators in large LEAs |
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