Teaching is an underpaid profession. As a result, the quality of teachers is below what it would be if compensation were similar to industries of comparably skilled workers. However, merely raising pay across the board is not the answer. It is equally important to ensure that higher salaries go to the most effective teachers.
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Read “Do Smarter Teachers Make Smarter Students?” by Eric Hanushek, Marc Piopiunik, and Simon Wiederhold. Available at: https://www.educationnext.org/do-smarter-teachers-make-smarter-students-international-evidence-cognitive-skills-performance/
To read the academic paper this research is based on, read “Do Smarter Teachers Make Smarter Students? International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance” by Eric Hanushek, Marc Piopiunik, and Simon Wiederhold, Available at: http://hanushek.stanford.edu/publications/do-smarter-teachers-make-smarter-students-international-evidence-teacher-cognitive
In “We Need Better Teachers,” Eric Hanushek argues that for the sake of K-12 students, we need to validate and reward our best instructors and get rid of our worst ones. Available here https://hvr.co/2H4Sq4T
Read “Do Smarter Teachers Make Smarter Students?” by Eric Hanushek, Marc Piopiunik, and Simon Wiederhold, available here: https://bit.ly/2TWm8w8
Watch “Investing in Good Teachers Pays Big Dividends” by Eric Hanushek, available here: https://bit.ly/2vxOKSw
Watch as Eric Hanushek responds to questions related to the quality of teachers in education, available here: https://bit.ly/2YpyD9E
Watch “The Power of Education: Boosting Economic Growth in the Long Run” by Eric Hanushek, available here: https://bit.ly/2xb4ehe
Watch “Education and the Nation’s Future” by Eric Hanushek, available here: https://bit.ly/2Ni9jbO
Read the book this video is based on: “Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School” by Eric Hanushek, Paul Peterson, and Ludger Woessmann, available here: http://amzn.to/2wCIoSu
Read “It Pays to Improve School Quality” by Eric A Hanushek, Jens Ruhose, and Woessmann, available here: https://bit.ly/2ZA7JbP
Read “The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance” by Eric A. Hanushek, Mark Piopiunik, Simon Wiederhold, available here: https://bit.ly/2yJuldU
Read “Valuing Teachers: How Much is a Good Teacher Worth?” by Eric A. Haushek, available here: https://stanford.io/1H0JVTi
Read “More Easily Firing Bad Teachers Helps Everyone” by Eric A. Hanushek, available here: https://bit.ly/2YNI9ie
In “Higher Grades, Higher GDP” by Eric Hanushek and Paul E. Peterson contend that the stronger the student performance, the more prosperous the nation. Available here: https://hvr.co/2HnEocm
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