Xiaoxia A. Newton

Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Cato College of Education,

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Xiaoxia Newton is a professor with the Department of Educational Leadership in the Cato College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her scholarship is concerned with using methodological tools in creative and productive ways to tackle educational problems pertinent in urban communities, with an emphasis on mathematics education and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) participation. She has published Improving Teacher Knowledge in K–12 Schooling: Perspectives on STEM Education. Newton received her PhD in social research methodology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Contributing topics

Educator workforce & effectiveness

Xiaoxia A. Newton in the Media

July 22, 2011 : Charter School Teachers More Likely to Leave School Than Students, Studies Find

July 19, 2011 : Study: Teacher Turnover Much Higher at LA Charters Than Public Schools

July 19, 2011 : LA Students More True to Their Charter Schools Than Teachers, Studies Say

Publications by Xiaoxia A. Newton

July 2011

Teacher Stability and Turnover in Los Angeles

The Influence of Teacher and School Characteristics

This study explores how teacher characteristics and school context affect the timing of teacher exits from schools, using a two-level discrete-time survival analysis framework. Results for Los Angeles Unified School District show that school context…