Staffing for School Turnaround in Rural Settings

• Published in: Leadership and policy in schools Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 1013 - 1035
• Main Author: Harbatkin, Erica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 02.10.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Comparative Analysis; Education reform; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Faculty Mobility; Labor Turnover; Low Achievement; Organizational Change; Quality of education; Rural Schools; School administration; School Effectiveness; School Turnaround; Suburban Schools; Teacher Effectiveness; Teacher Persistence; Teacher Placement; Teacher Recruitment; Teacher retention; Teacher Selection; Teachers; Urban Schools; North Carolina

Recruiting and retaining effective teachers is critical to school turnaround. However, research on how improving educator quality in low-performing schools contributes to school improvement is largely situated in urban settings. This study examines staffing practices through a descriptive analysis o...