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Mead, Sara – Bellwether Education Partners, 2012
During the 2010, 2011, and 2012 legislative sessions, a combination of federal policy incentives and newly elected governors and legislative majorities in many states following the 2010 elections sparked a wave of legislation addressing teacher effectiveness. More than 20 states passed legislation designed to address educator effectiveness by…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Tenure, State Legislation, State Action
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2012
In partnership with the Urban League of Greater Miami, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released "Teacher Quality Roadmap: Improving Policies and Practices in Miami," an in-depth study of the work rules Miami-Dade teachers. This look at the state of teacher policies in Miami-Dade County Public Schools explores the…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
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Ferris, James; Winkler, Donald – Elementary School Journal, 1986
Focuses chiefly on compensation as a means of improving the quality and increasing the supply of public school teachers. Recommends variety and flexibility in the forms of compensation as means of recruiting new, high-quality teachers and retaining existing teachers. (DR)
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Elementary Secondary Education, Fringe Benefits, Merit Pay
Frady, Marshall; And Others – 1985
The first two-thirds of this book, an adaptation of the 1984 television documentary "To Save Our Schools, To Save Our Chldren," reports on an ABC News Closeup study of the challenges facing education in the United States. The book discusses the vast dispartities between educational ideals and realities, suggests that the future of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Problems, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1985
The Department of Education has assembled 20 "indicators," drawn from the mass of available statistics on institutions, enrollments, finances, and staff, that describe the condition and progress of elementary and secondary education. Data are assembled under three categories of measures: outcomes, resources, and context of education. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Resources