Division L - Educational Policies and Politics / Section 6: Teacher Policy and Politics

Peter A. Youngs, Michigan State University

Principal Tenure and Teacher Attrition in Public Schools - Jared Coopersmith, American Institutes for Research; Nat N. Malkus, American Institutes for Research; Dinah Sparks, American Institutes for Research

Teacher Education Policy in Canada: Beyond Professionalization and Deregulation - Judith Marianne Walker, The University of British Columbia; HsingChi von Bergmann, The University of British Columbia

Teacher Layoffs, Teacher Quality, and Student Achievement: The Implementation and Consequences of a Flexible Reductions-in-Force Policy - Matthew A. Kraft, Harvard University

Teacher Mobility in a Metropolitan Labor Market: What Teacher, School, and District Attributes Matter? - Ben Pogodzinski, Wayne State University; Michael F. Addonizio, Wayne State University; C. Philip Kearney, University of Michigan

The Effect of Teacher Contract Design on Student Performance - Jane Arnold Lincove, The University of Texas - Austin

Charles F. Vanover, University of South Florida