Staffing-at Risk School Districts in Texas : Problems and Prospects.

PREFACE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND DATA -- AT-RISK DISTRICTS: STUDENTS AND TEACHERS -- FINDINGS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- STAFFING AT-RISK DISTRICTS -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- RATIONALE FOR SELECTING TEXAS AS THE FOCUS OF -- STUDY -- Availability of Longitudinal Teacher and District Data -- High Representation of Minorities in the Teaching Force -- Commitment to Increased Diversity in the Teaching Force -- WHAT THIS REPORT DOES AND DOES NOT DO -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN AT-RISK SETTINGS -- DEFINING "AT-RISK" -- STUDENTS IN AT-RISK DISTRICTS -- Trends in Student Enrollment -- Increase in the Number of At-Risk Districts -- Demographic Composition -- WHO'S TEACHING IN HIGH-RISK DISTRICTS? -- COMPONENTS OF TEACHER SUPPLY -- ALL TEACHERS -- SOURCES OF SUPPLY -- Continuing Teachers -- New Teachers -- Who Is in the Teacher Pipeline? -- Other Sources of Supply -- TEACHERS IN AT-RISK DISTRICTS -- COMPONENTS OF TEACHER DEMAND -- CHANGES IN STUDENT ENROLLMENT -- PATTERNS OF ATTRITION -- DEMAND FOR NEW TEACHER HIRES -- PATTERNS OF ATTRITION: NEW TEACHERS -- Methodology -- Results -- Median Survival Times for Selected Groups of Teachers -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- RESOURCES AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN LOW-, -- MEDIUM-, AND HIGH-RISK DISTRICTS -- REVENUE AND PER PUPIL SPENDING -- TEACHER SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS -- RESULTS OF MULTIVARIATE MODELS BASED ON -- TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS, 1980-81 TO 1995-96 -- REFERENCES.

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