Has “Who Comes Back” Changed? Teacher Reentry 2000–2019

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ID9735475
AuthorsAnna Moyer (0000-0002-2642-8502, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume51
Issue8
Pages544-546
Publication date2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x221122746
OpenAlexW4307187297
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

Studies of early-career teachers in the 1970s–1990s find that one-quarter to one-half of teachers who left the classroom eventually returned and that returning was associated with teachers’ gender and their child-rearing responsibilities. However, much has changed in the last forty years. Women are more likely to continue to participate in the labor force after having children, and teacher labor markets have been impacted by federal policy (e.g., No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top) and the Great Recession. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), I find that only one-fifth of teachers who exited the profession from 2000–2019 returned. This is a substantially lower rate of return compared to similar work using a previous cohort of teachers from NLSY79. Furthermore, I do not find evidence that teacher reentry is associated with gender or child-rearing status. These findings have implications for teacher labor markets, as reentering teachers can expand the pool of experienced teachers

Cohort · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Longitudinal study · National Longitudinal Surveys · Political science · Quarter (Canadian coin · Race (biology · Racial differences · Recession · Reentry · Sociology · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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