This semiannual journal provides research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children
Contents include:
•What Is the Problem? The Challenge of Providing Effective Teachers for All Children, Richard Murnane and Jennifer Steele
• The Effect of Certification and Preparation on Teacher Quality, Donald Boyd, Daniel Goldhaber, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff
• Teacher Wages and Working Conditions, Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin
•Using Performance-Based Pay to Improve the Quality of Teachers, Victor Lavy
• Learning in the Teaching Workforce, Heather Hill
• The Challenges of Staffing Urban Schools, Brian Jacob
• Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers in Rural Areas, David Monk
• Teacher Unions and Student Performance: Help or Hindrance, Randall Eberts
• Teacher Labor Markets in Developed Countries, Helen (Sunny) Ladd
• Teacher Labor Markets in Developing Countries, Emiliana Vegas
Authors
Edited by
Susanna Loeb is an associate professor of education at Stanford University and a co-director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Cecilia Rouse is director of the Education Research Section and professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University. Anthony E. Shorris is director of the Policy Research Institute for the Region (PRIOR) and faculty member at the Woodrow Wilson School. He has served as Deputy Chancellor for Operations and Policy at the New York City Board of Education.