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Do charter schools alleviate the negative effect of teacher turnover?

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Using data on charter and public school districts in Texas, we test the hypothesis that the labor practices in charter schools, in particular their ability to easily dismiss poorly performing… Click to show full abstract

Using data on charter and public school districts in Texas, we test the hypothesis that the labor practices in charter schools, in particular their ability to easily dismiss poorly performing teachers, diminishes the negative effect of teacher turnover on student achievement and graduation rates in comparison to public schools. We find some support for this hypothesis, and discuss implications for theory and practice.

Keywords: charter schools; negative effect; effect teacher; teacher turnover

Journal Title: Management in Education
Year Published: 2018

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