We study the relationship between school organizational contexts, teacher turnover, and
student achievement in New York City (NYC) middle schools. Using factor analysis, we …

This article describes a series of school-based field experiments in over 200 urban schools
across three cities designed to better understand the impact of financial incentives on …

Neither of us have ever taught or worked in a K–12 school or school district. Therefore, one
might reasonably ask, why should anyone want to read our book on how best to reform …

The past decade has seen a tremendous amount of research on the use of value-added
modeling to assess individual teachers, and a significant number of states and districts are …

We review and synthesize research on the effects of incentives on ethical and unethical
behaviors. Our review of 361 conceptual and empirical articles, which are scattered across …

The present study examined the use of student test performance for merit pay and teacher
evaluation as predictive of both educator stress and counterproductive teaching practices …

Denver Public Schools utilizes one of the nation's highest profile alternative teacher
compensation systems, and a key element of Denver's Professional Compensation System …

This study examined the effects of strategic teacher compensation on the retention of
teachers in a voluntary participation plan, especially the participation of hard-to-staff special …

Teachers are increasingly turning to social media to facilitate informal opportunities for
professional learning, yet we know little about the motivational factors that prompt teachers' …

Following the recent major school reform of Race to the Top, schools, teachers, and students
are increasingly evaluated through high-stakes achievement test scores. In six concise …