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Distribution of Experienced Teachers in Philadelphia

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Average percentage of teachers in high-poverty/high-minority and low-poverty/low-minority schools by measures of teaching experiences in the school and total years of teaching experience, 1998-1999

  High-poverty/
high-minority
schools
Low-poverty/
high-minority
schools
First-year teachers 7% 3%
5 or fewer years of total teaching experience 28% 9%
5 or fewer years of experience in the schools 52% 39%
Over 20 years of experience 34% 67%

Last Modified: 05/15/2006