Special Education Teacher Attrition and Retention: A Review of the Literature Billingsley, B., & Bettini, E. (2019). Special education teacher attrition and retention: A review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, 89(5), 697–744.
Dr. Billingsley is the foremost authority on special educator attrition and retention. This review of the literature is an excellent summary of the reasons special educators leave the field and what can be done to retain them at a higher rate.