Changing Teacher Pension Plans Is a Challenge, Especially if You Want High-Quality Teachers
Nationally, employer costs for public teacher pensions have increased from $530, or 4.8 percent of per-pupil operating expenditures in 2004,
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Do Higher Salaries Yield Better Teachers and Better Student Outcomes?
More experienced and better qualified teachers are less likely to teach in schools that serve children from relatively poor families.
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Political Mismanagement of Indian Primary Schools Yields Worse Test Scores
Teachers and their working patterns are known to be important determinants of learning outcomes of pupils, as well as key
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Female Middle School Math Teachers Mean Better Grades for Girls Now, More STEM Participation Later
Studies have found that female students perform better when taught by female teachers. But, there is little evidence on whether
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Are Professors Worth It? Who Should Teach College Students in Their Small Group Classes?
Many universities offer tutorials, also called teaching-assistant sessions, discussion sections, or lab sessions, depending on where you live. These small
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Poorly Rated NYC Schools Attract Better Teachers
The idea of holding schools accountable for students’ performance has stood at the center of school-reform efforts in the United
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Smart Teachers, Smart Kids—An International Study of Who Teaches the Best-Testing Kids
While it’s now generally accepted that teacher quality is the most important element of a good school, research has failed
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Teacher Effects beyond the Test
Though many studies have shown that teachers have large effects on student achievement, we know little about the degree to
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You Can’t Teach What You Don’t Know: Teachers’ Lack of Knowledge Hampers Student Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Most children in Sub-Saharan Africa are enrolled in school these days, but for reasons not well understood, they learn very
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