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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
A high-quality education is critical to the future well-being of a child, and thus also to the nation as a whole.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
Teachers make up about 10 percent of all college-educated workers.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
The first step in recognizing potential weaknesses in the nation's system of public education, and in seeing how to address those weaknesses, is to understand the institutional framework within which teachers and their employers work.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
The demand for teachers, the number of teachers that schools and school districts need to hire, also varies over time and across locations, driven by factors such as the number of students, the desire for particular class sizes, and retirement trends among teachers.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
Declining student-teacher ratios over the second half of the twentieth century, for example, from roughly 27:1 in 1955 to 16:1 by 2001, increased the demand for teachers by 41 percent.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
Every state has its own procedures for certifying teachers, and every public school is expected to hire teachers certified by the state. All states require a bachelor's degree, and all but two require applicants to pass at least one certification exam that covers general knowledge and subject-area knowledge, as well as pedagogy.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
Teaching is influenced not only by programs and policies that affect the current workforce, but also by those that influence who goes into teaching, who stays in teaching, and in which schools teachers choose to work.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
Teacher preferences, as affected by salaries and working conditions, are central to understanding the distribution of teachers across schools.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
Teachers unions operate in all fifty states, and all fifty states have tenure laws.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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Introducing the Issue   (2007)   Susanna Loeb  Cecilia Rouse  Anthony Shorris 
Teachers who are union members and teachers in highly unionized states receive higher salaries. Moreover, the higher the share of unionized teachers, the larger the gap in wages between new and experienced teachers.
The Future of Children: A Publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University   Electronic   Education

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