What Makes Educators Stay

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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Professional Development & Well-Being

Five Ways to Keep Great Teachers

Sarah McKibben

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School & District Leadership

What Global Trends Can Teach Us About Teacher Retention

Sarah McKibben & Carlos Vargas

5 days ago

School & District Leadership

A Path Back to Purpose

Frederick Buskey

5 days ago

School & District Leadership

The Myth of the Calling

Meagan Booth

5 days ago

School & District Leadership

Why Good Teachers Leave (and How to Make Them Stay)

Carrie Bishop & Jessica Holloway

5 days ago

Professional Development & Well-Being

The Four Pillars of Peer Instructional Coaching

Jim Knight

5 days ago

School & District Leadership

Why I Left Teaching

Michelle Chanda Singh

5 days ago

School & District Leadership

Building Principal Pipelines That Last

Kathryn James McGraw & Ellen Goldring et al.

5 days ago

School & District Leadership

What Motivates Black Male Teachers to Stay?

Tyler Mavity

5 days ago

Teaching with Technology

Can the Right Tools Keep Teachers in the Classroom?

Maria Gonzalez

5 days ago

Columns

School Culture & Improvement

What Makes Educators Thrive?

Elena Aguilar

5 days ago

School & District Leadership

Are We Giving “Pros” the Respect They Deserve?

Matthew R. Kay

5 days ago

Teaching Strategies

Revisiting the Rules of Gradual Release of Responsibility

Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey

5 days ago

Professional Development & Well-Being

The Case for a Pedagogy of Emotions

Chase Mielke

5 days ago

Advisory: Trends and Ideas

School & District Leadership

Want Teachers to Stay? Be a Good Boss

Bryan Goodwin

5 days ago

Artificial Intelligence

Three Ways GenAI Has Helped Our District Retain Teachers

Patricia Aigner

5 days ago

Professional Development & Well-Being

EL Takeaways

Educational Leadership Staff

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What Makes Educators Stay

$9.95

About this Issue

Features

Five Ways to Keep Great Teachers

What Global Trends Can Teach Us About Teacher Retention

A Path Back to Purpose

The Myth of the Calling

Why Good Teachers Leave (and How to Make Them Stay)

The Four Pillars of Peer Instructional Coaching

Why I Left Teaching

Building Principal Pipelines That Last

What Motivates Black Male Teachers to Stay?

Can the Right Tools Keep Teachers in the Classroom?

Columns

What Makes Educators Thrive?

Are We Giving “Pros” the Respect They Deserve?

Revisiting the Rules of Gradual Release of Responsibility

The Case for a Pedagogy of Emotions

Advisory: Trends and Ideas

Want Teachers to Stay? Be a Good Boss

Three Ways GenAI Has Helped Our District Retain Teachers

EL Takeaways

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