Retain New Teachers? ...or Drive Them Away?

This from Education Week:

Teacher Retention

“2008 State Teacher Policy Yearbook:

What States Can Do to Retain Effective New Teachers”

Most states set teacher-quality policies that hinder districts’ ability to identify and retain high-caliber teachers, according to a report from the Washington-based National Council on Teacher Quality.

“The third through fifth years of teaching represent an opportunity lost for the health of the teaching profession,” NCTQ President Kate Walsh says in the introduction. “Many new teachers leave at this juncture, just at the time that they are becoming consistently effective.”

So, how's Kentucky doing? D+