Report finds poor and minority students have least access to best teachers

Summary: This report from the Education Trust highlights selected findings from studies of teacher distribution in three midwestern states and three large urban districts within those states. The studies all found that poor and minority students were the least likely to be taught by the most qualified teachers.

Posted date: July 20, 2006

Topic areas: teacher quality; NCLB; high-poverty schools; high-minority schools

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Staffing rules in urban districts have unintended consequences

Posted: Nov. 27, 2005

Summary: A report from the New Teacher Project finds that contractual staffing rules can hobble efforts in urban districts to make the best matches between teachers and schools.

Topic area: teacher qualifications; teacher recruitment; urban schools