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Special Education
Billingsley, B. S. (1993). Teacher retention and attrition in special and general education: A critical review of the literature. Journal of Special Education, 27(2), 137–174.
Billingsley, B. S., & McLeskey, J. (2004). Critical issues in special education teacher supply and demand: Overview. Journal of Special Education, 38(1), 2–4.
Boe, E. E., Cook, L. H., Bobbitt, S. A., & Weber, A. L. (1995, May). Retention, transfer, and attrition of special and general education teachers in national perspective. Paper presented at the National Dissemination Forum on Issues Relating to Special Education Teacher Satisfaction, Retention, and Attrition, Washington, DC. (ERIC Document No. ED389158). Retrieved May 12, 2006 from http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/ content_storage_01/0000000b/80/23/ae/cc.pdf
National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education. (2003). Enlarging the pool: How higher education partnerships are recruiting and supporting future special educators from underrepresented groups. Developing the special education workforce. Arlington, VA: Author. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.special-ed-careers.org/pdf/enlargingthepool.pdf
Tyler, N., Yzquierdo, Z., Lopez-Reyna, N., & Flippin, S. (2002). Diversifying
the special education workforce (COPSSE
Document No. RS-3). Gainesville, FL: Center on Personnel
Studies in Special Education. Retrieved May 12, 2006,
from http://www.coe.ufl.edu/copsse/docs/RS-3/1/RS-3.pdf
Mathematics and Science
Davis, M. R. (2006, February 8). Bush proposes math and science initiatives. Education Week, 25(22), 22, 26. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/02/08/ 22bush.h25.html?qs=math+and+science&levelId=1000
Gafney, L., & Weiner, M. (1995). Finding future teachers from among undergraduate science and mathematics majors. Phi Delta Kappan, 76(8), 637–640.
Honawar, V. (2006, March 15). Partnership in N.Y.C. to prepare teachers. Education Week, 25(27), 5, 14. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.edweek.org/agentk-12/employer-resources/2006/03/15/27nyteach.h25.html
Ingersoll, R. M. (2000, February). Turnover among mathematics and science teachers in the U.S. Prepared for the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, Washington, DC. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.ed.gov/inits/Math/glenn/Ingersollp.doc
Ingersoll, R. M. (2006). Understanding supply and demand among mathematics and science teachers. In J. Roton & P. Shane (Eds.), Teaching science in the 21st century (pp. 197–211). Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://hub.mspnet.org/media/data/NSTA_Ingersoll.pdf?media_000000002100.pdf
Klein, A. (2006, April 12). Spellings leads review of math, science ed. programs. Education Week, 25(31), 30, 32. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2006/04/12/ 31compete.h25.html?qs=math+and+science&levelId=1000
Sacchetti, M., & Jan, T. (2005, September 22). Romney wants teacher merit pay. The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.nctq.org/nctq/research/1129039781636.pdf
U.S. Department of Education. (2000). Before it's too late (Report to the Nation). Washington, DC: National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.ed.gov/inits/Math/glenn/report.pdf
Zinth, K., & Dounay, J. (2006). Mathematics and science education in the states (StateNotes: Mathematics and Science). Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp? page=http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/68/73/6873.pdf
Combined Special Education and Mathematics and Science
Brown, A. R. (2006, February 10). A career after the navy: Troops to Teacher program proves successful for retired sailor. Navy Compass. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.navycompass.com/news/newsview.asp?c=178793
California Department of Education. (2006). Developing highly qualified teachers and administrators initiative (White Paper on Developing Highly Qualified Teachers and Administrators for California Schools). Sacramento, CA: Author. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/se/documents/yr06soeatta.pdf
Feistritzer, C. E. (2005). Profile of Troops to Teachers. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Information. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.tqsource.org/issueforums/atrisk/ resources/ProfileofTroopstoTeachers.pdf
Gaines, G. F. (2002). Focus on retired teachers: State policies allowing retirees to return to classrooms. Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Education Board. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.sreb.org/scripts/Focus/ Reports/Retired_Teachers_2002.pdf
Guarino, C., Santibañez, L., Daley, G., & Brewer, D. (2004). A review of the research literature on teacher recruitment and retention (Technical Report TR-164-EDU). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.rand.org/pubs/ technical_reports/2005/RAND_TR164.pdf
Hammer, P. C., Hughes, G., McClure, C., Reeves, C., & Salgado, D. (2005). Rural teacher recruitment and retention practices: A review of the research literature, national survey of rural superintendents, and case studies of programs in Virginia. Charleston, WV: Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.edvantia.org/publications/pdf/ Rural%20Recruitment%20Report.pdf
Harmon, H. L. (2001, March). Attracting and retaining teachers in rural areas. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Dallas, TX. (Eric Document No. ED455081). Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/ content_storage_01/0000000b/80/26/5e/ef.pdf
Hirsch, E. (2006). Recruiting and retaining teachers in Mobile, Alabama: Educators on what it will take to staff all classrooms with quality teachers. Chapel Hill, NC: Center for Teaching Quality. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.tqsource.org/issueforums/atrisk/ resources/RecruitingandRetainingTeachers.pdf
Hussar, W. J. (1999). Predicting the need for newly hired teachers in the United States to 2008–09. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/1999026.pdf
Levin, J., & Quinn, M. (2003). Missed opportunities: How we keep high-quality teachers out of urban classrooms. New York: The New Teacher Project. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.tntp.org/docs/reportfinal9-29.pdf
Peterson, K. (2006, March 28). Fewer choosing teaching jobs. Stateline.org. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=99537
Smith, R. (Reporter). (2006, April 19). Short of teachers, New York tries a housing lure. In M. Block & R. Siegel (Hosts), All things considered. Washington, DC: National Public Radio. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5351774
Spellings, M. (2006, March). Key policy letters signed by the education secretary or deputy secretary. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/guid/secletter/060301a.html
U.S. Department of Education. (2004). Alternative routes to teacher certification. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from http://www.ed.gov/admins/tchrqual/recruit/altroutes/report.pdf
U.S. Department of Education. (2005). The secretary's fourth annual report on teacher quality: A highly qualified teacher in every classroom. Washington, DC: Office of Postsecondary Education. Retrieved May 12, 2006, from https://www.title2.org/titleIIreport05.pdf