Research

Teacher Shortages and Educational Inequality

This NEA Research Brief summarizes Teacher Shortages and Educational Inequality: The Problem of Ensuring Disadvantaged Schools Have Enough Qualified Teachers ( PDF, 593 KB, 3 pages) by Richard Ingersoll that addresses the issue of teacher shortages as it relates to ensuring that the nation's classrooms, especially those in disadvantaged schools, are  staffed with qualified teachers. (2005)

Research on Teacher Turnover and Shortages

Richard Ingersoll, Professor of Education and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has published many articles and research reports on the issues of teacher turnover and teacher shortages. His online bio lists many of them, including a 2004 report on the effects of induction and mentoring programs on beginning teachers.

Ingersoll is also the author of  Who Controls Teachers' Work? Power and Accountability in America's Schools, published by Harvard Press (2003).

Effectiveness of Teacher Signing Bonuses Questioned

A report from the Education Policy Analysis Archives highlights the shortcomings of Massachusetts' rapid teacher certification program. Find out why researchers caution policymakers against financial incentives and fast-track credentials. Check out The Massachusetts Signing Bonus Program for New Teachers: A Model of Teacher Preparation Worth Copying? (R. Clark Fowler, April 2003)

Report Explores Teacher Recruitment Issues

In The Progress of Education Reform 1999-2001: Teacher Recruitment ( Word, 15 pages), the Education Commission of the States looks at key issues in teacher recruitment: perceptions about teaching, the impact of hiring policies, and the issue of mobility in attracting good teachers. (August-September 2000)