Addressing urban high-poverty school teacher attrition by addressing urban high-poverty school teacher retention: why effective teachers persevere

Sueanne E. McKinney¹*, Robert Q. Berry², Daniel L. Dickerson¹ and Gloria Campbell-Whately³

¹Old Dominion University, Darden College of Education, Dept of Educational Curriculum and Instruction, Hampton Blvd. 23529, Norfolk, VA 23529, U.S.A.

²The University of Virginia,Curry School of Education Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education, P.O. Box 400273 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4273, U.S.A.

³The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College of Education, Department of Special Education, Charlotte, NC 28223, U.S.A.