Lake Mills Area schools received five times the expected number of applications for an open teaching position. What is going on there that makes the district one that staff want to join and stay in?
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LINKS to cited sources in early going:
Tuan Nguyen, et al. (2019), "Factors of Teacher Attrition and Retention"
Wisconsin Policy Forum (2023), "Revolving Classroom Doors."
Tuan Nguyen (2022), "Burned Out and Dissatisfied?"
Michael Hartney (2022), How Policies Make Interest Groups
Matt Kraft, et al. (2020), "Teacher Accountability Reforms and the Supply and Quality of New Teachers."
Jon Shelton (2017), Teacher Strike! Public Education and the Making of a New American Political Order
Barbara Biasi and Wayne Sandholtz (2025), "The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reforms: Lessons from Wisconsin's Act 10"
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