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Engel, Mimi; Jacob, Brian A. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
Recent evidence on the large variance in teacher effectiveness has spurred renewed interest in teacher labor market policies. A substantial body of prior research documents that more highly qualified teachers tend to work in more advantaged schools, although this literature cannot determine the relative importance of supply versus demand factors…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Labor Market, Geographic Location
Maxwell, Lesli A. – Education Week, 2013
Even with nearly 50 schools shutting down at the end of this month, Chicago education officials have been barreling ahead with plans to groom a large crop of high-performing principals that they say represents the most ambitious effort the city has undertaken to upgrade its school leadership ranks. The goal, said Chicago schools CEO Barbara…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Labor Supply