ISSN: 1096-2719
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Why does the United States not have the teachers it needs? The media typically focus on a looming teacher shortage, but this volume of the Brookings Papers on Education Policy goes beyond the question of quantity to examine why American schools must scramble to find enough well-prepared and effective teachers.
Contents Include:
Editors' Summary (Full Text)
How to Improve the Supply of High-Quality Teachers (Abstract)
Eric A. Hanushek (Stanford University) and Steven G. Rivkin (Amherst College)
Why Some Schools Have More Underqualified Teachers Than Others (Abstract)
Richard M. Ingersoll (University of Pennsylvania
The Ed School's Romance with Progressivism (Abstract)
David F. Labaree (Stanford University)
Can a State Department of Education Increase Teacher Quality? Lessons Learned in Massachusetts (Abstract)
Sandra Stotsky (Northeastern University) with Lisa Haverty (Carnegie Learning)
How Within-District Spending Inequities Help Some Schools Fail (Abstract)
Marguerite Roza (University of Washington) and Paul T. Hill (University of Washington)
The Elephant in the Living Room (Abstract)
Kati Haycock (The Education Trust)