| Reason teachers left |
Average age |
Average years of teaching experience |
Percent female |
Percent teaching out-of-field the previous year |
Percent with both major and certification in field taught in the previous year |
| All leavers | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| Retired | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| Took other job | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Went back to school | 1.2 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.6 |
| Left for family reasons | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 5.0 |
| Other | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public Teacher Questionnaire,” “Charter Teacher Questionnaire,” and “Private Teacher Questionnaire,” 1999–2000 and Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS), “Current Teacher Questionnaire” and “Former Teacher Questionnaire,” 2000–01. |
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