Study Links Teacher 'Grit' with Effectiveness, Retention - Inside School Research - Edu... - 0 views
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Even the best teachers can struggle when they work in schools where there is a lack of order and discipline, no coherent leadership, limited opportunities for feedback, and a culture of low expectations for students
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Rather than teaching teachers survival tactics, we need to develop organizational contexts in schools that allow teachers and students to be successful."
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"In a study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Teachers College Record, University of Pennsylvania researchers Claire Robertson-Kraft and Angela Duckworth found that, for novice teachers in high-poverty school districts, higher levels of "perseverance and passion for long-term goals" (aka "grit") were associated with higher rates of effectiveness and retention. "