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Boyd, Don; Lankford, Hamp; Loeb, Susanna; Ronfeldt, Matthew; Wyckoff, Jim – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
Many large urban school districts are rethinking their personnel management strategies, often giving increased control to schools in the hiring of teachers, reducing, for example, the importance of seniority. If school hiring authorities are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Teacher Persistence
Boyd, Don; Lankford, Hamp; Loeb, Susanna; Rockoff, Jonah; Wyckoff, Jim – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2008
Arguably the most important educational resource is teachers. Teachers and teaching quality are a central feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) which requires a "highly qualified teacher" in every core academic classroom. Many states and large districts also have policies in place to attract qualified teachers to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement