ERIC Number: EJ798623
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jun
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
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Staffing High-Needs Schools: Insights from the Nation's Best Teachers
Berry, Barnett
Phi Delta Kappan, v89 n10 p766-771 Jun 2008
This article provides a summary of the five major recommendations from the nation's highly accomplished teachers on the problems in staffing high-needs schools. Insights from these teachers reveal that salary incentives alone will not suffice to attract and retain good teachers for high-needs schools. Working conditions matter--most notably, access to good principals and skilled colleagues, smaller class sizes and student loads, high-quality professional development, and classroom resources necessary to help students meet high academic standards. (Contains 9 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Incentives, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Teacher Persistence, Excellence in Education, Instructional Improvement, School Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship, Class Size, Teaching Load, Faculty Development, Educational Resources
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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