NCTQ: We’re sure it will work! Even if research says it doesn’t!
Last spring, I had the pleasure of presenting on teacher labor market research in the same conference session in which a very interesting paper on mutual consent teacher contract changes was also presented (by Bethany Gross). This paper is a product of an organization I’ve poked fun at in the past (Center for Reinventing Public Education) but this one is good stuff, by credible authors. The methods are relatively tight, but it is a bit tricky to figure out the implications of the findings – discussed blow. This study fits into the broader topic and policy concern of “how do we get a better balance of teacher quality across poorer and less poor schools in the same district?”
Now, pundits (not these researchers) like those from Center for American Progress, Education Trust, some from
