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Smith, Emma; Gorard, Stephen – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2007
How developed countries train, recruit and retain their schoolteachers is an area of considerable interest in education today. In this paper we consider how the US is addressing the issue of teacher quality by holding schools and school districts accountable for ensuring that all teachers of core subjects are "highly qualified" by the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teacher Effectiveness, School Districts, Developed Nations
Gorard, Stephen; Selwyn, Neil; Rees, Gareth – 2000
Although the National Targets for Education and Training in England and Wales include indicators for lifelong learning, and the progress towards the targets set for these indicators has been lauded by politicians and other observers, much of this apparent progress is actually accounted for by changes in these same indicators. However, once the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adults