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Who Will Teach? Policies That Matterreviewed by Sabrina Hope King - 1993 Title: Who Will Teach? Policies That Matter Author(s): Richard J. Murnane, J. D. Singer, J. B. Willett, J. J. Kemple Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge ISBN: 0674951921, Pages: 185, Year: 1991 Search for book at Amazon.com School districts across the country are in
the process of hiring 2 million new teachers in the 1990s. Will
those individuals who are the most academically able,
representative of diverse cultural groups, math or science majors,
and/ or those with alternative career opportunities be among those
who are recruited to and retained in the teaching profession? Does
money matter, and what other types of incentives mean the most and
to whom? The career paths of those deemed to be the most needed in
the teaching profession and the degree to which incentives have
affected and will affect career choices are explored in Who Will
Teach? Policies That Matter. Murnane, Singer, Willett, Kemple,
and Olsen examine data from the National Longitudinal Surveys
"Young Men," "Young Women," and "Youth"(n1) and the North Carolina
and Michigan State Departments of Education,(n2) a data base that
collectively represents over 50,000 college graduates. Through the
presentation of an extensive quantitative analysis of trends in the
teaching profession with respect to race, gender,... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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