“The State Teacher Policy Yearbook is the first project of its kind to provide a 360-degree detailed analysis of any and every policy that states have that impact the quality of teachers, specifically their recruitment, preparation, licensing, evaluation and compensation. In all, the Yearbook project is an encyclopedia of individual state reports…

This paper provides “the results of a pilot study of the cost of teacher turnover in five school districts. The study examines the rate of turnover, the relationship between turnover and teacher and school characteristics, and the costs associated with recruiting, hiring, and training replacement teachers.”

This report includes the nationwide Teacher Shortage Area (TSA) lists for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years.

The Center for American Progress “found several common trends in charter and private schools that differ significantly from pay experiments in traditional public schools: (1)Strict salary schedules play a much smaller role in charter and private schools in determin­ing teachers’ base pay. Many charter and private schools do not use a schedule at all, and…

This report provides a summary of Ohio teacher policies. “The State Teacher Policy Yearbook is the first project of its kind to provide a 360-degree detailed analysis of any and every policy that states have that impact the quality of teachers, specifically their recruitment, preparation, licensing, evaluation and compensation. In all, the Yearbook project is an…