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.... 2005); and among less experienced teachers versus more experienced ones (Ingersoll 2001; Marvel et al. 2006). The research linking teacher gender, race, or ethnicity to turnover is less consistent (=-=Guarino et al. 2006-=-; Johnson et al. 2005). Teachers’ preparation experiences and pathways into teaching are also related to attrition behavior. On average, teachers from early-entry routes (such as Teach for America and...

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...lting from self-reports of working conditions linked to concurrent self-reports of satisfaction or plans for the future—data that many previous studies have used (see, for example, Ingersoll 2001 and =-=Johnson and Birkeland 2003-=-)—it is worth comparing these results to teachers’ direct answers when asked why they left or why they considered leaving. In surveys during fall 2005, we asked former teachers (who had left teaching ...

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...ey of teachers who have recently left teaching in New York City. iiINTRODUCTION When given the opportunity, many teachers choose to leave schools serving poor, low-performing, and nonwhite students (=-=Boyd et al. 2005-=-; Hanushek, Kain, and Rivkin 2004; Scafidi, Sjoquist, and Stinebrickner 2005). While a substantial research literature has documented this phenomenon, far less research effort has gone into understand...

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...ackground characteristics and work experience consistently predict turnover. For example, turnover is higher among young and old teachers versus middle-aged ones (Guarino, Santibanez, and Daley 2006; =-=Johnson et al. 2005-=-); and among less experienced teachers versus more experienced ones (Ingersoll 2001; Marvel et al. 2006). The research linking teacher gender, race, or ethnicity to turnover is less consistent (Guarin...

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...more likely to leave teaching (Boyd et al. 2005). However, teachers who are more effective, as measured by the test score gains of the students in their classrooms, are less likely to leave teaching (=-=Boyd et al. 2007-=-; Goldhaber, Gross, and Player 2007; Hanushek et al. 2005). Research on the relationship between teacher retention and school characteristics has focused primarily on measures of the school’s student ...

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...gher among young and old teachers versus middle-aged ones (Guarino, Santibanez, and Daley 2006; Johnson et al. 2005); and among less experienced teachers versus more experienced ones (Ingersoll 2001; =-=Marvel et al. 2006-=-). The research linking teacher gender, race, or ethnicity to turnover is less consistent (Guarino et al. 2006; Johnson et al. 2005). Teachers’ preparation experiences and pathways into teaching are a...

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...tant distinctions such as among exits from teaching, transfers within districts, and transfers between districts as well as between teachers leaving permanently and those leaving and later returning (=-=DeAngelis and Presley 2007-=-; Johnson, Berg, and Donaldson 2005). In general, previous teacher retention research has focused either on the relationship between turnover and teachers’ characteristics (i.e., what types of teacher...