Reliance on market structures can help educators meet Clune's program adequacy goals. Transfer barriers should be eliminated so that teachers can freely choose schools with institutional missions approximating their own visions. Compensation should be based more on teacher knowledge and performance than on experience and training. A market-based…

School reconstitution, the process of restaffing schools as a mechanism for school improvement, has become an increasingly popular component of education accountability systems across the country. This paper provides an analysis of the impact of one district-sponsored school reconstitution reform on the capacity of schools for improvement. We…

In the spring of 2006, The New Teacher Project (TNTP), a national non-profit organization, reviewed the teacher hiring and school staffing policies and practices in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) with collaboration from the district and the Milwaukee Teachers Education Association. To learn more about the experiences of teachers and principals…

The positions of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges are presented with respect to professional standards for the hiring, transfer, and professional development of community college faculty. With regard to hiring, the Academic Senate argues that faculty must bear the primary responsibility for hiring new full- and part-time…

This book sketches a portrait of teaching careers in urban schools. Through focusing on teachers and their problems, the author presents an approach to the study of inner-city schools. First hand experiences of teachers and administrators are included, which are held to be of particular relevance to new teachers: "Socialization: a white teacher…

ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF 294 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN 16 SCHOOLS SERVING DISADVANTAGED PUPILS, HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER IS PROMPTED BY THE "PECULIARITIES" OF THE DISADVANTAGED STUDENT, BY ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEFICIENCIES IN THE SCHOOLS, AND BY THE TEACHERS' OWN SHORTCOMINGS. TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TURNOVER, FOUR EDUCATIONAL…

The Michigan State Teacher Tenure Act is discussed, based on decisions of the Michigan Supreme and Appeals courts, and the opinions of the Attorney General. Designed to promote uniform interpretation of tenure legislation, topics deal with objectives, advantages, and disadvantages; probationary service; tenure rights; dismissal of tenured…

This book is a compilation of case excerpts and materials that provides an introductory knowledge of school law. The cases are grouped into the following areas: (a) The Teacher and Our Constitution; (b) Teacher Certification and Contracting; (c) The Teacher and Curriculum; (d) Teacher Rights and Responsibilities; (e) The Teacher and Students; and…

Programs assisted by the Civil Rights Act, Title IV, were based on problems presumed to be the kind that transfer teachers would encounter. The most pressing problems selected from a forced-choice list centered around the words fear" and isolation." Recommendations for improvement of teacher training and orientation are suggested. (DM)

Shows that teachers ending their first employment assignments are more likely to transfer to another teaching position when state teacher salaries and noninstructional staff salaries are increased or when their districts have high central-office spending. The research was based on a new longitudinal data set providing career history information…

Many school districts experience difficulties attracting and retaining teachers, and the impending retirement of a substantial fraction of public school teachers raises the specter of sever shortages in some public schools. Schools in urban areas serving economically disadvantaged and minority students appear particularly vulnerable. This paper…

In the past about half of the newly hired teachers have been transfers (from another building, district, or state), with the others coming out of a reserve pool of education graduates who, for one reason or another, had never taught or had not taught recently. This study examines the supply side of the teacher labor market, especially those…

This brief overview of a larger report focuses on a study of flaws in teacher selection and suggests improvements. It is noted that students do poorly in school because they often have new, inexperienced teachers. When these teachers get seniority, they transfer to "easier" schools, leaving new positions open to be again filled by novice teachers.…

Personal views of the school desegregation plan in St. Louis are offered, based on experience working on the plan with the NAACP. The plan is failing for the following reasons: (1) the burden to desegregate is on the victims; (2) lack of white students in the city; and (3) inadequate transfer of teachers. (VM)