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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People. Just remember that it’s just a school. It’s not like in Harvard the star professors are leaving.

There are enough talented people in dc to fill positions. Plus the people leaving might have very good reasons to leave. Smart teachers move to other jobs because simply they pay more. [/quote]

You don't understand private school culture, specifically around teachers. Many private schools have an average faculty tenure of 20 years or more. A generation ago it was double that. Average tenure has declined but it's still quite high in thriving private schools. High faculty turnover/low average length of tenure is the #1 sign of an unhealthy private school.[/quote]

That’s not true today. Average tenure is not that high.

https://www.nais.org/careers/teaching-in-independent-schools

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This link doesn't prove your point.[/quote]

Using data from that link:

To find the average from grouped data, we multiply the midpoint of each experience range by its corresponding percentage. That means the average tenure is more like 14.82 years. And that within that average, 70% of faculty at a school have a tenure of less than 20 years. [/quote]

Once again, you are not proving your point. You are, in fact, proving the point of the poster who you are trying to argue against. The argument is that longer teacher tenure is a sign of a healthy school. Shorter teacher tenure is the sign of an unhealthy school. This level of turnover is alarming.[/quote]

I'm not arguing. I'm pointing out actual data. And I did prove my point. The poster said, "Many private schools have an average faculty tenure of 20 years or more." Data shows, which I linked to, that is not true. The average tenure is more like 14.82 years, with 70% of faculty tending to be at a school less than 20 years.

You can still be alarmed. Just don't set off false alarms based on unbacked data.[/quote]

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