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Berry, Barnett – Center for Teaching Quality, 2009
In this paper the author summarizes some of the most relevant issues, evidence, and divergent thinking relative to the strategic management of human capital in education. This paper has been built upon the most recent research, interviews with 20 of the leading experts around the nation, and structured conversations with leading-edge educators in…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Human Capital, Creative Thinking, Private Financial Support
Berry, Barnett; Montgomery, Diana; Rachel, Curtis; Hernandez, Mindy; Wurtzel, Judy; Snyder, Jon – Aspen Institute, 2008
Urban Teacher Residencies (UTRs) are an emerging innovation designed to embody best practices in recruitment, screening, preparation, placement, induction, and teacher leadership for urban school districts. UTRs can be a key element of urban districts' portfolio of pathways into teaching and a lynchpin of a larger strategy to strengthen the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Recruitment, Graduates
Santiago, Deborah, Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2009
By 2025, 22 percent of the U.S. college-age population will be Latino, a level already exceeded in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. However, today, only seven percent of Latinos ages 18 to 24 have an associate's degree or higher compared to 9 percent of African Americans, 16 percent of white, and 25 percent of Asians of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
The Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education Project was founded in 2008 with one goal: to improve student achievement dramatically in the 100 largest urban school districts. Unless teaching quality and principal leadership improve significantly, lasting education improvement is impossible. In policy terms, without "strategic management"…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Strategic Planning, Human Capital, Teacher Effectiveness
Santiago, Deborah A., Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2008
As the college-age Latino population continues to increase throughout the nation, meeting the country's future human capital and workforce needs make it imperative to improve outcomes for Latino students today. As public attention is focused on existing achievement gaps, educators and policymakers are seeking ways to improve educational outcomes…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
Santiago, Deborah A., Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2007
By 2025, 22 percent of the U.S. college-age population will be Latino, a level already reached in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. Meeting the country's future human capital and workforce needs make it imperative to improve outcomes for Latino students today. As public attention is focused on current achievement gaps,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap