Explaining the gap in charter and traditional public school teacher turnover rates

Black Teachers’ Retention and Transfer Patterns in North Carolina: How Do Patterns Vary by Teacher Effectiveness, Subject, and School Conditions?

“…This analysis focuses on teachers in public elementary and middle schools because of the similarity in teacher effectiveness measures in these grade levels, a topic that I explain further. Charter schools are excluded from the analysis because the teacher labor markets for charter schools and traditional public schools are notably different (Stuit & Smith, 2012). The sample includes teachers who appeared in the state salary data set primarily as full-time classroom teachers.…”

Teacher Efficacy and Disciplinary Expectations in Charter Schools: Understanding the Link to Teachers’ Career Decisions

“…Nationally representative data and reports on various CMOs show that turnover is about 1.5 to 2.5 times greater in charter schools compared to traditional public schools (TPSs; Furgeson et al, 2011;Keigher, 2010;KIPP Foundation, 2013;Lake et al, 2010;Stuit & Smith, 2012;Tuttle et al, 2013). For instance, average teacher turnover was about 15% in TPSs compared to 24% in charter schools nationwide in 2008(Keigher, 2010, with similarly high rates in CMOs and no-excuses schools (Furgeson et al, 2011;KIPP Foundation, 2013).…”

Teacher Retention in the Low-Income Diverse Community of Immokalee, Florida

“…Between charter schools and public schools, charter school teachers reported higher levels of satisfaction due to increased autonomy, but they also had higher levels of attrition (Renzulli, Parrott, & Beattie, 2011). The higher levels of attrition in charter schools may be partly due to the fact that charter school teaching positions are less secure because charter schools are not unionized like public schools (Stuit & Smith, 2012). Third, student SES varies between charter, public, and private schools.…”