The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) released a report The Cost of Teacher Turnover in Five School Districts: A Pilot Study, that means teachers who quit teaching.

"Most districts have huge collections of data on the cost elements associated with teacher turnover, but the(se) current data systems stand in the way of accurate and timely analysis. Coherent data systems should be created to house cost data in a way that is easily accessible and analyzable. Teacher turnover data should be added to current systems and should be included in the design of new systems. With easily accessible data, districts could begin to analyze and manage teacher turnover and its costs."

Use NCTAF's teacher turnover calculator to estimate what your school might pay for losing teachers.

With these estimates, consider ways to recommend that your local board of education transfer at least part of those funds to equipment and software purchase, leases, and maintenance of Tablet PCs, UMPCs, and other state-of-the-art mobile PCs to supplement incumbent teachers' practices to increase student learning.

Yes, there's usually money available for learning IT, it takes a different view of how to free up those funds.

Kudos, Gary Barnes, and colleagues for your report. We look forward to following the full study.

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