Attrition gaps between staff of color and non-Hispanic White staff grew during the pandemic except for school administrators, where they narrowed¶
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q2 i? Pre-pandemic attrition rates for staff of color were generally higher than for non-Hispanic White staff, and these differences grew during the pandemic except among school administrators, where they narrowed. → 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 comparison of attrition rates by staff race/ethnicity across job categories in Pennsylvania public schools. The brief reports gaps "generally higher" for staff of color pre-pandemic that grew during the pandemic, with the exception of school administrators; no effect sizes are printed.
"Pre-pandemic attrition rates for staff of color were generally higher than for non-Hispanic White staff, and these differences grew during the pandemic except for school administrators, where they narrowed."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Pandemic-era attrition gaps widened for early-career teachers and health and counseling staff, charter school staff, and LEA administrators in large LEAs — related
- 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 — related
- Teacher attrition patterns do not contribute to inequitable access to effective teachers — related
- Attrition was concentrated in schools with higher concentrations of racial/ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged students — related
- Teachers of color leave the teaching profession at higher rates than white teachers (about 19 percent vs. 15 percent turnover). — related
- LEA Design Teams came to believe that focusing first on teacher-of-color retention builds conditions that later support recruitment — related
- Teachers of color leave schools or the profession at higher annual rates than White teachers, driven largely by school moving — related
- Between 2020–21 and 2021–22, 15.1% of U.S. public school teachers moved schools or left the profession, and turnover is now about 20% higher than in 1992 — related
- Remote learning was not associated with increased attrition among Pennsylvania elementary school teachers — related
- Teachers of color are more likely than White teachers to intend to leave teaching and to actually leave the profession — related
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Attrition gaps between staff of color and non-Hispanic White staff grew during the pandemic except for school administrators, where they narrowed |
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Attrition gaps between staff of color and non-Hispanic White staff grew during the pandemic except for school administrators, where they narrowed |
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2023 |
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