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Teacher recruitment and retention in public and private schools

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  • Dale Ballou

    (Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

  • Michael Podgursky

    (Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 118 Professional Building, Columbia, MO 65211)

Abstract

Private school salaries are substantially below those in public school systems. Nonetheless, private school heads are as satisfied as public school principals with the quality of their new teachers and substantially more satisfied with their experienced instructors. This difference remains after controlling for school and community characteristics and for the principal's tenure and educational priorities. In addition, appraisals of experienced and new teachers suggest that private schools are more successful in retaining the best of their new teachers and in developing the teaching skills of their faculties. Apparent reasons include greater flexibility in structuring pay, more supervision and mentoring of new teachers, and freedom to dismiss teachers for poor performance. These findings suggest that improvement in the quality of public school performance will require the use of accountability tools such as pay-for-performance and dismissal.

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  • Dale Ballou & Michael Podgursky, 1998. "Teacher recruitment and retention in public and private schools," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(3), pages 393-417.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:17:y:1998:i:3:p:393-417
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(199822)17:3<393::AID-PAM2>3.0.CO;2-B
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