Dan D. Goldhaber and Dominic J. Brewer
The authors provide evidence that teachers can have an impact on student outcomes, and they show that student achievement in math and science can be improved by requiring teacher training in those subject areas.
MOST public school systems reward teachers who obtain advanced degrees with a considerable increase in their base pay. Salary schedules
typically provide a pay premium averaging 11% for a master’s degree, 14% for an education specialist’s degree, and 17% for a doctorate over what a teacher would carn with a bachelor’s degree only Some school systems even require their teachers to obtain an advanced degree after a specified number of years of teaching in the district. The emphasis on teachers’ having or obtaining advanced degrees raises…..
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