Parallel Patterns: Teacher Attrition in Charter vs. District Schools Ω Recent research and media reports have raised serious concerns about teacher turnover rates in charter schools. But it isn’t exactly clear why teacher turnover rates might be high in charter schools: is it a consequence of their less regulated labor ...
Searching for Effective Teachers with Imperfect Information Ω Over the past four decades, empirical researchers -- many of them economists -- have accumulated an impressive amount of evidence on teachers. In this paper, the authors ask what the existing evidence implies for how school leaders might recruit, ...
Washington State High Schools Pay Less for Math and Science Teachers than for Teachers in Other Subjects Ω Download Full Report (PDF: 495 K) Washington State recently passed a law (House Bill 2621) intending to accelerate the teaching and learning of math and science. However, in the two subject areas the state seeks to prioritize, this analysis ...
