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[http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero](http://journals.sagepub.com/home/ero)  \nLabor Dynamics of School Principals in Rural Contexts  \nMinseok Yang  \nUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison  \nSe Woong Lee  \nUniversity of Missouri–Columbia  \nPeter T. Goff  \nUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison  \nNumerous studies have explored the labor market of school principals, documenting high turnover rates and voicing concerns regarding labor supply. However, little is known about the staffing challenges in rural schools and what promotes applicants to apply for and be hired for principalship in these locales. In partnership with the Wisconsin Education Career Access Network, we examine the principal labor dynamics in rural schools using statewide job-openings and application information. Results indicate that all rural communities—rural fringe, rural distant, and rural remote—receive comparable numbers of applications, as compared with urban districts. Female candidates and candidates of color are significantly less likely to apply to rural districts, while experience working in the same district is a considerable advantage to being hired. Additionally, higher student poverty is associated with fewer principal applicants in rural schools. These results indicate the need for policies better attuned to subtle differences in rural contexts.  \nKeywords: rural schools, principal labor dynamics, principal hiring, job application patterns  \nIntroduction  \nNumerous studies view principals as key enablers of school improvement (Day et al., 2016; DeMatthews, 2018; Leithwood et al., 2010) . As school leaders, principals affect the quality of instruction students receive by recruiting and retaining effective teachers (Boyd, Grossman, et al., 2011; Ladd, 2011), providing professional development programs for existing teachers (Sebastian & Allensworth, 2012), and building a strong school climate (Burkhauser, 2017) . Effective principals thus contribute significantly—either directly or indirectly—to students’ learning, achievement, attendance, and graduation rates, particularly in high-poverty schools (Bartanen, 2020; Branch et al., 2012; Chiang et al., 2016; Coelli & Green, 2012; Dhuey & Smith, 2014; Grissom et al., 2017; Horng et al., 2010) . Despite their inspiring influence on students and schools, the turnover rate among principals is alarming (Bartanen et al., 2019; Rangel, 2018). One in five principals leaves their positions annually, and about one in two is not retained after their third year. These statistics exceed the average rate of teacher turnover (Goldring & Taie, 2018; Latterman & Steffes, 2017) . Scholars reveal that the challenges of staffing principal  \npositions are exacerbated in areas serving high-poverty or low-achieving student populations (DeAngelis & White, 2011; Pijanowski et al., 2009; Rangel, 2018) .  \nDespite increasing attention given to principals, relatively little is known about the labor dynamics of the position (e.g., recruiting, hiring, and retaining) in rural schools. While nearly one in five students lives in rural areas in the United States (Showalter et al., 2019), most studies focus on the nature of the principal labor market in urban settings, which skews the general understanding of rural principal labor market issues (L. Johnson et al., 2014; Myung et al., 2011) . This emphasis leads to policy recommendations for rural schools that are typically rooted in metropolitan and urban-centric perspectives (Biddle & Berliner, 2002) . Furthermore, the few studies that examine principal staffing in rural areas (Browne-Ferrigno & Allen, 2006; Cruzeiro & Boone, 2009; DeAngelis & White, 2011; Roza, 2003) rely largely on descriptive surveys (Roza, 2003), perceptions of superintendents (Cruzeiro","cbCaifKS2vYtCdmf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifKS2vYtCdmf","pdf",633000,18,"English","# Introduction\n## Principal labor dynamics and rural staffing gaps\n## Urban-centric research and policy implications\n## Rural community heterogeneity and resource proximity\n## Study approach and rationale","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the study address about rural principal staffing?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses limited knowledge about recruiting, hiring, and retaining principals in rural schools and what drives applicants to apply and be hired in those locations.\"},{\"question\":\"How do application volumes in rural communities compare with urban districts?\",\"answer\":\"Rural fringe, rural distant, and rural remote communities receive comparable numbers of applications to urban districts.\"},{\"question\":\"Which factors are associated with principal applicants being less or more likely?\",\"answer\":\"Female candidates and candidates of color are less likely to apply to rural districts, while prior experience working in the same district is a considerable advantage for being hired. 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