Teacher+Quality

The Leadership Limbo: Teacher Labor Agreements in America's Fifty Largest School Districts By: Frederick Hess & Coby Loup http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/the_leadership_limbo.pdf Increasing the Odds: How Good Policies Can Yield Better Teachers By: Kate Walsh and Christopher O.Tracy http://www.educationsector.org/usr_doc/OntheClock.pdf Teaching at Risk:Progress and Potholes By: The Teaching Commission http://www.nctq.org/nctq/images/ttc_teachingatrisk.pdf Good Teaching Matters: How Well-Qualified Teachers Can Close the Gap By: Kati Haycock, Education Trust http://www2.edtrust.org/NR/rdonlyres/0279CB4F-B729-4260-AB6E-359FD3C374A7/0/k16_summer98.pdf
 * This is a little outdated (1998), but still interesting.