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Opportunity at the Top: How America's Best Teachers Could Close the Gaps, Raise the Bar, and Keep Our Nation Great. Building an Opportunity Culture for America's Teachers. Executive Summary
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Hassel, Bryan C.; Hassel, Emily Ayscue – Public Impact, 2010
Our nation is squandering one of its most important resources--our best teachers--and children are paying the price. Current policy initiatives overlook the most obvious, immediate source of improved teaching effectiveness: The great teachers we already have. The top 25 percent of U.S. teachers--more than 800,000 of them--already achieve results…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Teaching Conditions
Opportunity at the Top: How America's Best Teachers Could Close the Gaps, Raise the Bar, and Keep Our Nation Great. Building an Opportunity Culture for America's Teachers
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hassel, Bryan C.; Hassel, Emily Ayscue – Public Impact, 2010
Our nation is squandering one of its most important resources--our best teachers--and children are paying the price. We asked a simple question: "Will our nation's bold efforts to recruit more top teachers and remove the least effective teachers put a great teacher in every classroom?" We ran the numbers and discovered a disappointing…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement