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Do Master's Degrees Matter? Advanced Degrees, Career Paths, and the Effectiveness of Teachers. Working Paper 136
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Ladd, Helen F.; Sorensen, Lucy C. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2015
This study uses detailed administrative data on teachers and students from the state of North Carolina to revisit the empirical evidence on master's degrees, with attention to teachers at the middle and high school levels. It provides descriptive information on which types of teachers obtain master's degrees, for which subjects, at which…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Career Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Background
A Study of Instructional Faculty Salaries at USF, SUS and National Peers
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Micceri, Theodore – Online Submission, 2010
This study investigates 10-year trends in instructional faculty salaries by sex and rank for USF, five SUS Peers (UF, FSU, FIU, UCF, FAU) and eight National Peers (North Carolina State, Alabama-Birmingham, Illinois-Chicago, California-Irvine, SUNY-Stony Brook, SUNY-Buffalo, Cincinnati, Rutgers). Methods: Historical instructional faculty salary…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Salaries
The Black-White Achievement Gap Revisited
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Braun, Henry; Chapman, Lauren; Vezzu, Sailesh – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2010
This study examines trends in Black student achievement and in the Black-White achievement gap over the period 2000 to 2007, employing data from ten states drawn from the NAEP Grade 8 mathematics assessments. Results are obtained for three levels of aggregation: the state, school poverty stratum within the state, and schools within poverty…
Descriptors: African American Students, Test Results, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
SREB Teacher Salaries: Update for 1995-96 and Estimated Increases for 1997.
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Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1996
Updated information is provided on teacher salaries for 1995-96 and estimated increases for the 1996-97 school year in the 15 states belonging to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Pay raises for 1996-97 are estimated as ranging from 1.75 percent in Virginia to 6 percent in Georgia. Especially noted are South Carolina's continuing…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Demography, Educational Finance, Elementary School Teachers
Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress. Volume 7, Number 5
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Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "The Costs and Benefits of an Excellent Education": U.S. Could Net $45 Billion Annually if One Year's Worth…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Grade 12, Public Education
How North Carolina Ranks Educationally among the Fifty States. 1993.
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North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Communication Services. – 1993
This annual publication is designed to show North Carolina's rank among the states on a wide variety of educational and related statistics. This information may be useful for a number of planning and evaluation purposes. Data are presented in the following areas: (1) population; (2) enrollment and attendance; (3) faculty; (4) general financial…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making