The Northwest’s Phantom Pool

The Northwest’s Phantom Pool

Responses gathered in a recent study of the superintendency in the Pacific Northwest suggest that less than 25% of sitting superintendents in the year 2000 were under the age of 50; and 40% of those who were 50 years or older planned to retire within the next four years. While the pool of po...

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Main Author: Mimi Wolverton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Rural Education Association 2018-12-01
Series:The Rural Educator
Online Access:https://www.jhseonline.com/index.php/ruraled/article/view/516
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