Title: Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck
Author(s): Frederick M. Hess, Brandon L. Wright
Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York
ISBN: 9780807764404 Pages: 192, Year: 2020
Even before COVID-19 sent students and educators home, teachers’ jobs had grown increasingly complex. With research clearly indicating how important teacher and principal quality are to student learning growth, a thoughtful school staffing and compensation strategy would have been a natural response. Instead, decades of benevolently intended policy shifts snatched dollars from teachers’ pockets as their jobs got harder, while failing to innovate like other professions.
As we explain in Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck, the consequences have been devastating for students and committed educators. A vigorous pivot is long overdue.
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