School finance and teacher quality : exploring the connections

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School finance and teacher quality : exploring the connections

Margaret L. Plecki and David H. Monk, editors

(Annual yearbook of the American Education Finance Association, 2003)

Eye on Education, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Description

The yearbook is organized around four issues, each of which can be viewed as representing an important focal point to improve teacher and teaching quality and having important implications for school finance. The issues are (1) teacher recruitment, induction, and retention; (2) the ongoing porfessional development of teachers; (3) equity in the allocation of teaching resources; (4) teacher compensation and workplace conditions.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connections, Margaret L. Plecki, David H. Monk
  • Teacher Recruitment, Induction, and Retention
  • Chapter 2 Recruitment, Induction, and Retention of Academically Talented Urban School Teachers: Evidence from New York City, Christopher Roellk, Tom Meyer
  • Chapter 3 The Impact of Teacher Turnover on Teacher Quality: Findings From Four States, Neil D. Theobald, Sabrina W.M. Laine
  • Chapter 4 Understanding Teacher Labor Markets: Implications for Educational Equity, Don Boyd, Hamp Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Jim Wycoff
  • Professional Development
  • Chapter 5 Rethinking District Professional Development Spending to Support School Improvement: Lessons From Comparative Spending Analysis, Karen Hawley Miles
  • Chapter 6 The Incidence and Impact of Teacher Professional Development: Implications for Education Productivity, Jennifer King Rice
  • Chapter 7 Examining Investments in Teacher Professional Development: A Look at Current Practice and a Proposal for Improving the Research Base, David H. Monk, Margaret L. Plecki, Kieran M. Killeen
  • Finance, Equity and Teacher Quality
  • Chapter 8 Class-Size Reduction and Teacher Quality: Evidence From California, Jennifer Imazeki
  • Chapter 9 Organizing Schools for Student and Teacher Learning: An Examination of Resource Allocation Choices in Reforming Schools, Linda Darling-Hammond, Jon Snyder
  • Teacher Compensation and Teacher Unions
  • Chapter 10 An Early Assessment of Comprehensive Teacher Compensation Change Plans, Allan Odden
  • Chapter 11 Distributing The Pie: Allocating Resources Through Labor-Management Agreements, Julia E. Koppich

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