Dan Goldhaber - Creating a New Teaching Profession: Networks and Neighborhoods

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Creating a new teaching profession / edited by Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-87766-762-9 (alk. paper)

1. Academic achievementUnited States. 2. Effective teachingUnited States.

3. Educational productivityUnited States. 4. School improvement programs

United States. I. Goldhaber, Daniel D. II. Hannaway, Jane.

LB1062.6.C74 2010

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About the Contributors

Alan S. Blinder is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and co-director of Princeton's Center for Economic Policy Studies, which he founded in 1990. He is a member of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bretton Woods Committee, and a former governor of the American Stock Exchange. Blinder has had an extensive role in governmental policy. He served as vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 1994 to 1996 and as a member of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers from 1993 to 1994, where he was in charge of the administration's macroeconomic forecasting and worked on pressing budget, international trade, and health care issues. Blinder is a columnist for The New York Times Sunday business section and appears frequently on PBS, CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg TV.

Sean P. Corcoran is assistant professor of Educational Economics at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and is an affiliated faculty of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. His research focuses on the economics of school funding, the political economy of school choice, and the labor market for elementary and secondary school teachers. Corcoran is a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC, and was a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation from 2005 to 2006. His recent publications have appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Urban Economics, and American Economic Review.

Robert M. Costrell is professor of Education Reform and Economics and holds the Endowed Chair in Education Accountability at the University of Arkansas. His academic career has featured seminal publications on the economic theory of educational standards and teacher pensions, as well as publications on school finance litigation. Costrell has an extensive background in policymaking. From 1999 to 2006, he served in major policy roles for three governors of Massachusetts, including policy research director, chief economist, and education advisor to Governor Mitt Romney. He represented the administration on the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission from 2001 to 2003. He also serves on the National Technical Advisory Council for No Child Left Behind, appointed by Secretary Spellings.

Michael M. DeArmond is a researcher at the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, Bothell, and a doctoral student in educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Washington. His research interests include teacher labor markets and the reform of district-level operations. His recent work has focused on teacher pensions and the reform of school district human resource practices. DeArmond is a former middle-school history teacher.

Eric A. Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He has been a leader in the development of economic analysis of educational issues, and his work on efficiency, resource use, and economic outcomes of schools has frequently entered into the design of both national and international educational policy. His analysis measuring teacher quality through student achievement forms the basis for current research into the value added of teachers and schools. His most recent book, Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses, describes how improved school finance policies can be used to meet our achievement goals. He has produced 15 books along with numerous widely cited articles in professional journals. He served as deputy director of the Congressional Budget Office.

Frederick M. Hess is director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and an educator, political scientist, and author. His influential books include Spinning Wheels, Revolution at the Margins, and Common Sense School Reform. His work has appeared in scholarly journals, including the Harvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, and Urban Affairs Review