Mathematics curricula reform has been a continuous process in school systems throughout the United States for the past several decades. As school districts continue to face the challenges set forth in the No Child Left Behind Act, it is now more critical than ever before to measure the impact of curricula being utilized in today's schools. This…

School administrators are facing the perfect storm: a growing number of baby boomers retiring each year, an absence of experienced teachers to take their place, and high turnover among young teachers. The need to hire and retain a new generation of teachers is one of the biggest challenges facing school administrators. To fill these vacancies,…

While prior research has documented differences in the distribution of teacher characteristics across schools serving different student populations, few studies have examined how teacher sorting occurs within schools. Comparing teachers who teach in the same grade and school in a given year, the authors find less experienced, minority, and female…