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Educational Leadership

What Makes Educators Stay

The October 2025 issue highlights high-impact practices and strategies—from career pathways and collaborative decision making to changes in instructional support—that schools and districts use to retain top talent.

October 1, 2025|Volume 83|Number 2

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The October 2025 issue highlights high-impact practices and strategies—from career pathways and collaborative decision making to changes in instructional support—that schools and districts use to retain top talent.

Features
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Professional Development & Well-Being
Five Ways to Keep Great Teachers
Sarah McKibben
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
What Global Trends Can Teach Us About Teacher Retention
Sarah McKibben & Carlos Vargas
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
A Path Back to Purpose
Frederick Buskey
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
The Myth of the Calling
Meagan Booth
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
Why Good Teachers Leave (and How to Make Them Stay)
Carrie Bishop & Jessica Holloway
in 14 hours
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Professional Development & Well-Being
The Four Pillars of Peer Instructional Coaching
Jim Knight
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
Why I Left Teaching
Michelle Chanda Singh
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
Building Principal Pipelines That Last
Kathryn James McGraw & Ellen Goldring et al.
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
What Motivates Black Male Teachers to Stay?
Tyler Mavity
in 14 hours
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Teaching with Technology
Can the Right Tools Keep Teachers in the Classroom?
Maria Gonzalez
in 14 hours
Columns
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School Culture & Improvement
What Makes Educators Thrive?
Elena Aguilar
in 14 hours
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School & District Leadership
Are We Giving “Pros” the Respect They Deserve?
Matthew R. Kay
in 14 hours
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Teaching Strategies
Revisiting the Rules of Gradual Release of Responsibility
Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey
in 14 hours
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Professional Development & Well-Being
The Case for a Pedagogy of Emotions
Chase Mielke
in 14 hours
Advisory: Trends and Ideas
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School & District Leadership
Want Teachers to Stay? Be a Good Boss
Bryan Goodwin
in 14 hours
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Artificial Intelligence
Three Ways GenAI Has Helped Our District Retain Teachers
Patricia Aigner
in 14 hours
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Professional Development & Well-Being
EL Takeaways
Educational Leadership Staff
in 14 hours

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