Superintendent Turnover in Rural School Districts

Is Bigger Better? A Comparison of Rural School Districts

This project was sponsored by a grant from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a legislative agency of the Pennsyl-vania General Assembly. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the Pennsylvania General Assembly. It was created in 1987 under Act 16, the Rural Revitalization Act, to promote and sustain the ...

The Cost of Teacher Turnover in Five School Districts: A Pilot Study

In this paper, we report the results of a pilot study of the cost of teacher turnover in five school districts. We examine the rate of turnover, the relationship between turnover and teacher and school characteristics, and the costs associated with recruiting, hiring, and training replacement teachers. We find evidence that turnover costs, although difficult to quantify, are significant at both...

Asthma prevalence knowledge and perceptions among secondary school pupils in rural and urban costal districts, Tanzania

Differences in Food and Beverage Marketing Policies and Practices in US School Districts, by Demographic Characteristics of School Districts, 2012

INTRODUCTION Foods and beverages marketed in schools are typically of poor nutritional value. School districts may adopt policies and practices to restrict marketing of unhealthful foods and to promote healthful choices. Students' exposure to marketing practices differ by school demographics, but these differences have not yet been examined by district characteristics. METHODS We analyzed dat...

State and Districts and Comprehensive School Reform

In this policy brief, we discuss implications of the use of school-level reform designs for state and local policymakers. The more schools choose such reforms, the more is being learned about the importance of the state and local roles in facilitating appropriate matches between designs and schools and in supporting designbased improvement over time. In the Fall of 1997, Congress authorized com...