NCREL Policy Issues
Issue 20, November 2005
Targeting Teacher Recruitment And
Retention Policies For At-Risk Schools
Cortney Rowland,
with Charles Coble, Ed.D.
This edition of Policy Issues addresses teacher recruitment and retention policies in play across the country. We start by proposing a generally accepted definition of at-risk schools and making a case for why it is so important to improve teacher quality in these schools. We then take the reader through (1) an examination of states’ recruitment and retention policies and the extent to which these policies specifically target at-risk schools, (2) an assessment of the rigor of some states’ recruitment and retention policies that are intended for at-risk schools; and (3) options for how new policies might be framed or current policies improved to ensure that good teachers are available to all of our children—regardless of their socioeconomic status or what language they speak at home.
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