Education Next – Dan Goldhaber and Roddy Theobald
“Tough economic times mean tight school district budgets, possibly for years to come….Calls to reform teacher layoff policies have begun to appear with regularity in newspaper editorials, policy briefs, and statehouses—and for good reason. A growing body of research confirms that teacher quality is the most influential in-school factor driving student achievement. That being the case, teacher dismissal policies and procedures can have profound implications for how much students learn.” (more)