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¶
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q2 i? Five percent of staff working in Pennsylvania LEAs in fall 2020 left the statewide public school sector by fall 2021, up from 4 percent in preceding years. → 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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Statewide observational analysis of Pennsylvania public school staff attrition comparing the fall 2020 to fall 2021 pandemic year with preceding years. The brief reports "an increase from 4 percent attrition in preceding years" to five percent; no effect size or significance test is printed.
"Five percent of staff working in Pennsylvania local education agencies (LEAs) in fall 2020 left the statewide public school sector by fall 2021, an increase from 4 percent attrition in preceding years."
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 — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- 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
- Many students and staff will return to school with trauma that can adversely affect teaching and learning — related
- Teacher attrition patterns do not contribute to inequitable access to effective teachers — related
- One-year principal retention rates were stable from fall 2016 to fall 2020 and did not decline during the COVID-19 pandemic year — related
- LEA Design Teams came to believe that focusing first on teacher-of-color retention builds conditions that later support recruitment — related
- In-person learning in Pennsylvania LEAs expanded as the 2020–2021 school year progressed — related
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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 |
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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 |
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