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Book SynopsisDebates over teacher quality are among the most heated exchanges in the education reform arena. But while scholars and policy makers grapple with questions about teacher preparation, compensation, and evaluation, the role of teachers is changing. In schools across the country, educators are experimenting with new models for recruiting, training, and supporting teachers, and are innovating strategies for deploying their talents through differentiated roles and the use of technology. Most of the policy measures currently under consideration, however, are designed with a one-size-fits-all approach.
Teacher Quality 2.0 argues that much cutting-edge work in teacher quality is happening in nontraditional environments such as online or hybrid learning, where teacher roles can be very specialized, or in charter schools that are experimenting with new approaches to staffing. The editors examine fruitful innovations taking place on the margins of the traditional education sector that promise to improve teacher quality in a more strategic way. More flexible approaches to teacher quality, the editors caution, require vigilance against backwardlooking policies that “bake in” traditional assumptions about teachers’ roles.
The editors of this provocative volume have convened a diverse array of contributors to explore these emerging practices and investigate how current research and policy initiatives may affect the next generation of innovation in teaching.
Table of ContentsCONTENTS
IntroductIon 1
Michael Q. McShane, Frederick M. Hess, and Taryn HochleitnerPART I: FROM TEACHER QUALITY 0.0 TO TEACHER QUALITY 2.0 1
The Hangover: The Unintended Consequences of the Nation’s Teacher Evaluation Binge 19
Sara Mead, Andrew Rotherham, and Rachael BrownPART II: ELEMENTS OF A NEW SYSTEM 2
Staffing Design: The Missing Key to Teacher Quality 2.0 45
Bryan C. Hassel, Emily Ayscue Hassel, and Sharon Kebschull Barrett 3
HR with a Purpose: Building Talent for Distinct Schools and Networks 69
Betheny Gross and Michael DeArmond 4
Closing the Opportunity Gap: Preparing the Next Generation of Effective Teachers 91
Billie Gastic 5
Professionalization 2.0: The Case for Plural Professionalization in Education 109
Jal Mehta and Steven TelesPART III: When Policy Meets Practice 6
Improving Teacher Quality in Online Schools: More Than a Revolution at the Margins? 135
Dennis Beck and Robert Maranto 7
The Role of Collective Bargaining Agreements in the Implementation of Education Reforms: Perils and Possibilities 155
Katharine O. Strunk 8
The Future of Value-Added: From
Whether to
How
Matthew DiCarlo 9
Unfinished Lessons? What We Can--and Can't--Learn from Innovations in Teacher Quality in Other Countries 203
Jonathan Plucker 10
Into the Looking Glass: Teacher Quality Research over the Next Decade 219
Dan GoldhaberConclusion: Making Room for Both Trains and Planes 239
Michael Q. McShane and Taryn Hochleitner Notes 253
Acknowledgments 275
About the Editors 277
About the Contributors 279
Index 287
