Creating a new teaching profession

XI, 335 S.

graph. Darst.

23 cm

Enth. 14 Beitr.

Contents -- Why focus on human capital systems in K-12 and what we might learn from other countries or the private sector -- Overview -- Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway -- Education for the third industrial revolution -- Alan S. Blinder -- Human capital policy and the quality of the teacher workforce -- Sean P. Corcoran -- Zooming in and zooming out: rethinking school district human resource management -- Michael M. Dearmond, Kathryn L. Shaw, and Patrick M. Wright -- Lessons from abroad: exploring cross-country differences in teacher development systems and what they mean for U.S. policy -- Dan Goldhaber -- Reform ideas -- The human capital challenge: toward a 21st-century teaching profession -- Frederick M. Hess -- Consequences of instructional technology for human resource needs in education -- Paul T. Hill -- Teacher deselection -- Eric A. Hanushek -- The estimation of teacher value added as a determinant of performance pay -- Steven G. Rivkin -- Modernizing teacher retirement benefit systems -- Robert M. Costrell, Richard W. Johnson, and Michael J. Podgursky -- Investing in human capital through teacher professional development -- Jennifer King Rice -- Politics of education reform/prospects for the teaching profession -- Reactions from an education school dean -- David H. Monk -- Reactions from an urban school superintendent -- Joel I. Klein -- Reactions from a teachers' union leader -- Randi Weingarten -- Reactions from an education policy wonk -- Andrew J. Rotherham -- Conclusion -- Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway.

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