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Q&A with MSU’s Katharine Strunk: Teacher retention starts with compensation, school leadership

DATE:  March 28, 2021

Michigan needs a teacher retention strategy that focuses on boosting compensation in underserved urban and rural areas, places a stronger emphasis on school building leadership and gets the teacher education pipeline closer to the areas most in need of talented educators. Those are some of the conclusions Katharine Strunk has drawn from years of researching the teacher labor market in Michigan.

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