The Center for American Progress recently analyzed current data suggesting that 70 percent of new teachers are staying in their profession for at least five years. Analysts used the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (the national clearing house for data of this kind) to find that since 2007, new teachers have been staying in the classroom at rates much higher than is typically understood, and they find this to be true even in high-poverty schools. While more research is needed to identify the cause of the jump in retention rates, it is clear that the accepted view of attrition needs to be rethought.
