Dealing with the profound learning losses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic starts with teachers. Unfortunately, improving individual teacher performance remains quite challenging. A more potent solution is to keep and reward the most effective teachers while getting rid of the least effective ones.
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Additional resources:
Read “Finding the Best Teachers for Post-Pandemic Schools,” by Eric Hanushek via the Wall Street Journal. Available here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/finding-the-best-teachers-for-post-pandemic-schools-11661522193.
Watch “Are Declining Test Scores Coming for the COVID Generation?” with Michael Petrilli. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/perspectivesonpolicy/are-declining-test-scores-coming-covid-generation/video.
Watch “Overhauling the Nation’s Report Card,” with Chester E. Finn, Jr. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/perspectivesonpolicy/overhauling-nations-report-card/video.
Watch “Better Pay, Better Teachers,” with Eric Hanushek. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/policy-stories/better-pay-better-teachers/video.
Read “The Economic Cost of the Pandemic: State by State,” by Eric Hanushek. Available here: https://www.hoover.org/research/economic-cost-pandemic.
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