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ERIC Number: EJ659145
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Toward a Fair Distribution of Teacher Talent.
Haycock, Kati
Educational Leadership, v60 n4 p11-15 Dec 2002-Jan 2003
Argues that poor and minority students' access to quality teachers can significantly narrow the achievement gap. Describes research showing the effects of quality teaching on academic achievement and teacher-quality provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Suggests several ways to improve teacher quality such as salary increases, subsidized master's degree programs, housing assistance. (Contains 11 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Minority Groups, Secondary School Students, Teacher Effectiveness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Achievement Gap