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Perceived School-Associated Factors Contributing To Teacher Attrition In Southwest Minnesota, Christopher Fenske
Perceived School-Associated Factors Contributing To Teacher Attrition In Southwest Minnesota, Christopher Fenske
Culminating Projects in Education Administration and Leadership
In April 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released the report A Nation at Risk. This report stated, “The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people” (United States. Department of Education, 2004, para. 3). The report was the impetus for public education in the United States to prepare youth for work and responsible citizenship, to forge a common culture within an ethnically diverse country, and to reduce inequalities for the common good of the nation (Present, 2010).
The …