Not exact matches
Still, Strauss does an absolutely superb job of introducing the co-chair of the
Broader Bolder coalition as «Helen Ladd, the Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Duke University who has spent years researching school accountability, education finance,
teacher labor markets, and school choice.»
The research covers a
broad range of issues in
teacher policy, including
teacher preparation,
teacher labor market institutions, how
teachers are distributed across schools, and
teacher retention, particularly in urban, low performing schools.
This increase in spending partially reflects that schools must compete to hire college - educated
teachers in a
labor market where well - educated workers command higher and higher salaries, but it also indicates that innovation and increases in productivity have occurred faster and been more effective in the
broader economy than in the field of education.