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Will America find enough good teachers to staff its public schools?
How can we ensure that all our children will be taught by skilled
professionals? The policies that determine who teaches today are a
confusing and often conflicting array that includes tougher
licensing requirements, higher salaries, mandatory master's
degrees, merit pay, and alternative routes to certification. Who
Will Teach? examines these policies and separates those that work
from those that backfire. The authors present an intriguing
portrait of America's teachers and reveal who they are, who they
have been, and who they will be. Using innovative statistical
methods to track the professional lives of more than 50,000 college
graduates, the book describes, in many cases for the first time,
just how prospective, current, and former teachers respond to the
incentives and disincentives they face. The authors, a group of
noted educators, economists, and statisticians, find cause for
serious concern. Few academically talented college graduates even
try teaching, and many of those who do leave quickly, never to
return. Current licensing requirements stifle innovation in
training and dissuade many potentially talented teachers at the
outset. But Who Will Teach? shows that we can reverse these trends
if we get the incentives right. Although better salaries are
essential, especially for new teachers, money is not enough.
Potential teachers should be offered alternative paths into the
classroom. School districts should improve their recruiting
strategies. Licensing criteria should assess teaching skills, not
just academic achievement and number of courses completed. The
authors offer a promising strategy based on high standards and
substantial rewards.
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