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Barrett, Nathan; Strunk, Katharine O.; Lincove, Jane – Education Economics, 2021
Most teachers have tenure protections that constrain dismissal. Some argue that tenure improves recruitment and retention by mitigating the risk of monopsony employment and substituting job security for lower salaries. Others argue that tenure reduces performance incentives making it difficult to dismiss ineffective teachers. We examine…
Descriptors: Teacher Employment, Tenure, Teacher Retirement, Job Security
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Baker, Bruce D.; Oluwole, Joseph O.; Green, Preston C., III – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
In this article, we explain how overly prescriptive, rigid state statutory and regulatory policy frameworks regarding teacher evaluation, tenure and employment decisions outstrip the statistical reliability and validity of proposed measures of teaching effectiveness. We begin with a discussion of the emergence of highly prescriptive state…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Employment, Tenure
Carpenter, H. H.; Payson, J. B. – Spectrum, 1984
Examines extent of agreement among teachers, principals, superintendents, and State Department of Education personnel on 24 recommended changes to improve the quality of public education in Louisiana. Significant disagreement between teachers and other groups occurred on six of the recommendations. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement