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Choate, Katie; Goldhaber, Dan; Katz, Andrew; Theobald, Roddy – Center for Education Data & Research, 2020
This policy brief summarizes the responses by early-career science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers in Washington State to the Washington STEM Teacher Survey. These early-career STEM teachers were asked about their perspectives of their teacher education program (TEP) and STEM subject preparation, with a focus on their student…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes
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Goldhaber, Dan; Grout, Cyrus; Holden, Kristian L.; Brown, Nate – Educational Researcher, 2015
Due to data limitations, very little is known about patterns of cross-state teacher mobility. It is an important issue because barriers to cross-state mobility create labor market frictions that could lead both current and prospective teachers to opt out of the teaching profession. In this article, we match state-level administrative data sets…
Descriptors: State Surveys, Faculty Mobility, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Data
Goldhaber, Dan; Grout, Cyrus; Holden, Kristian L.; Brown, Nate – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2015
Due to data limitations, very little is known about patterns of teacher cross-state mobility. The issue is important because barriers to cross-state mobility create labor market frictions that could lead both current and prospective teachers to opt out of the teaching profession. For this paper, we match state-level administrative data sets from…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Labor Market, State Surveys, Teacher Characteristics
Goldhaber, Dan; Grout, Cyrus; Holden, Kris; Brown, Nate – Grantee Submission, 2015
Due to data limitations, very little is known about patterns of cross-state teacher mobility. It is an important issue because barriers to cross-state mobility create labor market frictions that could lead both current and prospective teachers to opt out of the teaching profession. In this paper, we match state-level administrative data sets from…
Descriptors: State Surveys, Faculty Mobility, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Data
Long, Mark C.; Goldhaber, Dan; Huntington-Klein, Nick – Center for Education Data & Research, 2014
We find statistically significant relationships between changes in wages by occupation and subsequent changes in college majors completed in associated fields. College majors (defined at a detailed level) are most strongly related to wages observed three years earlier, when students were college freshmen. The responses to wages vary depending on…
Descriptors: College Students, Majors (Students), Statistical Significance, Comparative Analysis
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DeArmond, Michael; Goldhaber, Dan – Education Finance and Policy, 2010
In this article we focus on two questions: How well do teachers understand their current pension plans, and what do they think about alternative plan structures? The data come from administrative records and a 2006 survey of teachers in Washington State. The results suggest that Washington's teachers are fairly knowledgeable about their pensions,…
Descriptors: Retirement Benefits, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Beginning Teachers
Goldhaber, Dan – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2008
This paper explores the politics of various types of teacher compensation reforms, with a particular focus on pay for performance. It examines the political positions taken by the nations two teachers' unions, the extent to which these reflect the preferences of teachers, and how both influence the decisions by localities to implement reforms. New…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Unions, Educational Change, State Surveys
Goldhaber, Dan; DeArmond, Michael; DeBurgomaster, Scott – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2010
Reform advocates and policymakers concerned about the quality and distribution of teachers support proposals of alternative compensation for teachers in hard-to-hire subject areas, hard-to-staff schools, and with special knowledge and skills. The successful implementation of such proposals depends in large part on teacher attitudes. The current…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Merit Pay, Opinions, Teacher Attitudes