No one stakeholder group can realize lasting change on their own; nor can any reform initiative focusing on just one type of strategy create the workplace conditions needed to truly build capacity within the education profession. Rather, stakeholders must focus on collaborating, reaching common understanding, and prioritizing for ultimate impact…

Outlines techniques used in the Union-Endicott (New York) Central School District to manage staff decline in a humane manner. (Author)

A school system that had to lay off some teachers because of declining enrollment arranged for these and other teachers to meet with the representative of a district recruiting teachers. (MLF)

Most student teachers are not exposed to employment procedures of district administrators. Some placement offices may offer suggestions for preparing for interviews, but placement officers are counselors, not administrators. Even if a student teacher has strong background in a subject area, has done well in education courses, and has those…

This handbook describes a strategy to reduce sex barriers in vocational education and aid in recruiting students into nontraditional areas by recruiting women from nontraditional occupations to teach part time in occupational training programs. The teacher recruiting and training process described was derived from experience with a pilot project…

This guide presents some of the best thinking about the difficult and puzzling work of improving student achievement. Taken as whole, it gives a complete picture of what it will take to close the achievement gap. It contains background, findings, and key policy recommendations from a 22-month study conducted by the Washington State School…