The new 鈥渜uestion-of-the-week鈥� is:
Why do teachers avoid, or leave, high poverty urban public schools and what can be done to improve the situation?
This is actually a 鈥渞epeat鈥� question -- you can see a from last year on this same topic. But, since the issue of teacher attrition is such a huge issue, and one that鈥檚 been , I thought it was worth another look.
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