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The best teachers in the world : why we don't have them and how we could / John E. Chubb ; foreword by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chubb, John E.
- Series:
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; 630.
- Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 630
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teacher effectiveness--United States.
- Teacher effectiveness.
- Teachers--Selection and appointment--United States.
- Teachers.
- Teachers--Certification--United States.
- Teachers--Training of--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John Chubb shows how we can raise student achievement to levels comparable to those of the best nations in the world through a radically new strategy for raising teacher quality. He asserts that we must attract and retain much higher caliber individuals in teaching, which we can accomplish by reducing the size and increasing the compensation of the teaching force via technology, abolishing licensing and training teachers in institutions and programs that have demonstrated their efficacy in producing effective, and improving the quality of school leadership, on which teaching quality heavily de
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.; Preface; Chapter 1; Wanting the Best; Chapter 2; Fewer Teachers, Better Teachers; Chapter 3; Developing Great Teachers; Chapter 4; Great Leaders, Great Teachers; Chapter 5; Getting the Best; Notes; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Forceon K-12 Education; Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- At head of title: The Hoover Institution's Koret-Taube Task Force on K-12 Education.
- "Education next books."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817915667
- 0817915664
- 9780817915643
- 0817915648
- 9780817915681
- 0817915680
- OCLC:
- 821020950
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