The Cato School of Education announces that its Master of School Administration program begins in January, 2009. Applications to be part of this first cohort are now being accepted. Using the McColl School of Business leadership and organizational development approach as a critical part of the model, the MSA Program is designed to develop effective School Leaders for the 21st Century.
Public Education Research Institute
Research Results
Bringing and Keeping Our Brightest and Best in the Classroom
"Nearly 50% of all teachers who enter the field leave it within a mere five years, and the best and brightest teachers are often the first to leave." This was the conclusion reached by Robin Henke, Xianglei Chen, and Sonya Geis in a 2000 National Center for Education Statistics study of the teacher pipeline.
This startling realization raises questions: Do our brightest and best college graduates go into the education profession? If not, how can we get them interested? Once the brightest and best are in teaching can we get them to stay?
This study takes a look at one model, the Teaching Fellows Program, to see if in fact it can help recruit and retain some of our state's brightest in our K-12 public schools.
