Description: This book offers an ambitious new system for evaluating, compensating, and providing professional development for school teachers and administrators.
Brief description: Theodore Hershberg is a professor of public policy and history and director of the Center for Greater Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of Operation Public Education.
Review Quotes: This timely volume responds to President Obama s call for a renewed focus on teacher effectiveness as a central component of education reform. With thoughtful contributions from many prominent educators, it offers a range of ideas for improving teacher compensation, professional development, and accountability in our nation s schools. Representative George Miller, D-CA, chairman, House Education and Labor Committee, U.S. House of Representatives"