Hard To Staff, HQT Loopholes, New Teachers, and Targeted Pay (Teachers and Leaders)

Quality, distribution, leadership, and preparation issues all come to the fore in these teacher policy pieces from the past few weeks:

Where High Turnover Meets Low Performance Harvard EdLetter
Improving TQ: Better Luck Next Time EdWeek
7,000 New Teachers On the Job WashPost
Commission Urges Comprehensive Induction Programs
Lawmaker and Educator Propose Incentive Pay NYT
New Support for Doubling Principals' Pay WashPost
Educators Shy from Top Job AJC

Center on Education Policy Forum on NCLB Teacher Recruitment and Retention and Professional Development September 13, 2005 tneal.cep@verizon.net