Revolving Classroom Doors: Recent Trends in Wisconsin's Teacher Turnover. The Wisconsin Taxpayer

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  • Author(s): Hamidu, Maria; Wisconsin Policy Forum
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Wisconsin Policy Forum. 2023.
  • Publication Date:
    2023
  • Document Type:
    Numerical/Quantitative Data
    Reports - Evaluative
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Wisconsin Policy Forum. 633 West Wisconsin Avenue Suite 406, Milwaukee, WI 53203. Tel: 414-276-8240. Web site: https://wispolicyforum.org/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      15
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
      Kindergarten
      Primary Education
      Elementary Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Faculty Mobility; Labor Turnover; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; School Districts; COVID-19; Pandemics; Teacher Persistence; Public School Teachers; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Rural Schools; Urban Areas; Low Income Students; Minority Group Students; School District Size; Minority Group Teachers
    • Subject Terms:
      Wisconsin
    • Abstract:
      Concerns over the teaching workforce have been rising across Wisconsin in recent years, particularly since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of Forum reports have raised warning flags about declining graduates from schools of education, record turnover among state and local government employees, and the rising use of emergency K-12 licenses. Likewise, newspapers are rife with articles about individual districts' difficulties hiring and retaining teachers. These leading indicators and anecdotes have strongly suggested that turnover has risen among educators. This report seeks to verify whether that is the case, examining teacher turnover rates in an extensive new analysis. Public school staffing data from the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) going back to 2009 was used to determine teacher turnover rates for individual districts and the state as a whole. This analysis examined nearly 116,000 teachers at roughly 450 school districts and other K-12 entities over the 15 years. Findings show that from 2009 to 2023, an average of 11.5% of the state's teachers turned over each year. In the 2022-23 school year, turnover rose to 15.8%--the highest percentage during the years studied. Turnover has been highest in rural and city districts, in districts with large proportions of low-income students and students of color, in districts with very small student bodies, and for teachers of color. [This report was made possible by the family of Norman N. Gill.]
    • Abstract:
      ERIC
    • Publication Date:
      2023
    • Accession Number:
      ED634053
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