Publications: Teacher Employment and Retention

Let’s Stop Asking Whether Teachers Are Professionals. Let’s Ask What Kinds of Professionals We Want Teachers to Be

Policy Brief

Emilie Mitescu Reagan and A. Lin Goodwin

March 11, 2025

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NEPC Review: “So Hard, But So Rewarding:” How School System Leaders Are Scaling Up Strategic School Staffing Models (Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2024)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe

July 11, 2024

NEPC Review: The Effects of High-Performing, High-Turnover Teachers on Long-Run Student Achievement: Evidence From Teach for America (Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, November 2022)

NEPC Review

Emilie Mitescu Reagan

March 15, 2023

NEPC Review: Autonomous Schools Can Help Solve the Problem Behind the Teacher Shortage Problem (Progressive Policy Institute, October 2022)

NEPC Review

Charisse Gulosino and Hajime Mitani

January 17, 2023

NEPC Review: Addressing Teacher Shortages: Practical Ideas for the Pandemic and Beyond (TNTP, February 2022)

NEPC Review

Ed Fuller

May 24, 2022

"Grow Your Own" Programs: Examining Potential and Pitfalls for a New Generation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Community Teachers

Policy Brief

Conra D. Gist

May 19, 2022

NEPC Review: Harnessing Micro-Credentials for Teacher Growth (New America, January 2021)

NEPC Review

Elena Aydarova

April 8, 2021

We All Want More Teachers of Color, Right?: Concerns and Considerations about the Emergent Consensus

Policy Brief

Thomas M. Philip and Anthony L. Brown

July 21, 2020

NEPC Review: Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund: Final Report on Implementation and Impact of Pay-for-Performance Across Four Years (Institute of Education Sciences, December 2017)

NEPC Review

Francesca López

February 27, 2018

NEPC Review: Tackling Gaps in Access to Strong Teachers: What State Leaders Can Do (The Education Trust, October 2017)

NEPC Review

Doris A. Santoro

November 28, 2017

NEPC Review: Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Traditional Public Schools (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2017)

NEPC Review

Patricia H. Hinchey

November 7, 2017

Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Alyssa Hadley Dunn on Viral Teacher Resignation Letters

FYI

Gregory A. Smith and Alyssa Hadley Dunn

October 17, 2017

NEPC Review: Back to the Staffing Surge: The Great Teacher Salary Stagnation and the Decades-Long Employment Growth in American Public Schools (EdChoice, May 2017)

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy and William J. Mathis

July 5, 2017

NEPC Review: Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession (Center for American Progress, November 2015)

NEPC Review

Elizabeth J. Meyer

January 7, 2016

Silver Linings Casebook: How Vergara’s Backers May Lose by Winning

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 3, 2015

NEPC Review: Paying the Best Teachers More to Teach More Students (Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, February 2015)

NEPC Review

Patricia H. Hinchey

April 13, 2015

Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity

NEPC Review

Mark R. Warren

February 2, 2015

Review of Transfer Incentives for High-Performing Teachers

NEPC Review

Donald Gratz

January 28, 2014

NEPC Review: The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth in America’s Public Schools, Part II (Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, February 2013)

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy

March 26, 2013

Review of The School Staffing Surge

NEPC Review

Joydeep Roy

December 4, 2012

Reviews Worth Sharing: The Irreplaceables: Understanding the Real Retention Crisis in America's Urban Schools (TNTP, July 2012)

Reviews Worth Sharing

Matthew Di Carlo

July 31, 2012

NEPC Review: Assessing the Compensation of Public-School Teachers (Heritage Foundation, November 2011)

NEPC Review

Jeffrey H. Keefe

January 31, 2012

NEPC Review: Redefining Teacher Pensions: Strategically Defined Benefits for New Teachers and Fiscal Sustainability for All (Center for American Progress, September 2011)

NEPC Review

Teresa Ghilarducci

November 22, 2011

NEPC Review: "Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance" and "Merit Pay International" (February 2011)

NEPC Review

Matthias Von Davier

March 31, 2011

NEPC Review: District Awards for Teacher Excellence Program: Final Report (December 2010)

NEPC Review

Donald Gratz

March 3, 2011

NEPC Review: Stretching the School Dollar: A Brief for State Policymakers (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2011)

NEPC Review

Bruce D. Baker

January 26, 2011

NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010)

NEPC Review

Jesse Rothstein

January 13, 2011

NEPC Review: Teacher Layoffs: Rethinking "Last Hired, First Fired" Policies (National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), February 2010)

NEPC Review

Richard Ingersoll and Lisa Merrill

May 12, 2010

Reviews Worth Sharing: Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Innovation (November 2009)

Reviews Worth Sharing

Bob Williams

December 16, 2009

The Overselling of Growth Modeling

Resource Document

Kevin G. Welner

June 1, 2008

School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations

Policy Brief

David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, and Terri S. Wilson

March 20, 2008

Teacher Data in Colorado: Considering Potential Opportunities and Risks of Recent Proposals

Legacy Publication

Vincent J.A. Badolato

July 1, 2007

NEPC Review: How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid? (Manhattan Institute, January 2007)

NEPC Review

Lawrence Mishel and Sean P. Corcoran

February 19, 2007

The Promises and Pitfalls of Alternative Teacher Compensation Approaches

Policy Brief

Debbi C. Harris

January 1, 2007

NEPC Review: Giving Students the Chaff: How to Find and Keep the Teachers We Need (September 2006)

NEPC Review

Ash Vasudeva and Raymond Pecheone

October 25, 2006

Research Reveals Teacher Working Conditions Key to Improving Student Achievement

Resource Document

March 22, 2005

Recruiting, Preparing and Retaining High Quality Teachers: An Empirical Synthesis

Policy Brief

Alex Molnar and Gerald W. Bracey

January 1, 2003

Low Pay + Big Classes = Teacher Crisis

Legacy Publication

Alex Molnar

January 1, 2003

Congress, Teachers, and the Perils of Merit Pay

Policy Brief

Catherine A. Lugg

January 1, 2001