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Viral Change: Trends in Michigan Teacher Attrition and Mobility Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

February 29, 2024 | By Bryant G. Hopkins, Katharine O. Strunk, Salem Rogers

Educators and policymakers across the country have been raising alarms about a growing teacher shortage. In this study, we use administrative data from Michigan to understand how teachers’ propensities to leave the public school system, switch districts, or switch schools shifted after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How America's Schools Responded to the COVID Crisis

July 13, 2020 | By Douglas N. Harris, Daniel M. Oliver, Lihan Liu, Cathy Balfe, Sara Slaughter, Nicholas Mattei

With a representative sample of 3,511 schools, this is one of the largest and most comprehensive studies to date on what America’s schools have done to respond to the pandemic.

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Cover of the REACH policy brief on retention and rewards for teachers in New Orleans

Do Charter Schools Keep Their Best Teachers and Improve Quality? Retention and Rewards for Teachers in New Orleans

March 06, 2020 | By Nathan Barrett, Deven Carlson, Douglas N. Harris, Jane Arnold Lincove

New Orleans’ all-charter school system succeeds in removing low-performing teachers, but it struggles to replace them with high-performing ones.

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Viral Change: Trends in Michigan Teacher Attrition and Mobility Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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How America's Schools Responded to the COVID Crisis

Do Charter Schools Keep Their Best Teachers and Improve Quality? Retention and Rewards for Teachers in New Orleans