Access to Quality Teaching: Myths, Facts, and Potential Policy Solutions for the Future

Authors

Michael Hansen, The Brookings Institution

Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

9-29-2016

Abstract

Many believe the public schools serving the most affluent students have a monopoly on quality teaching, and schools in high-poverty areas perform poorly due to its lack. Yet a variety of research studies in recent years have challenged this myth. This research shows teacher quality varies much more within the same school than it does across schools, even looking across schools serving students from very different backgrounds. Access to quality teaching is not equal, though it is not nearly as formidable a challenge as previously believed. A variety of potential policy solutions will be presented to enhance the access of disadvantaged students to high-quality teaching.

Disciplines

Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Secondary Education and Teaching

File Format

pdf

File Size

846 KB

Streaming Media

Language

English

Comments

Event sponsored by Brookings Mountain West.

Michael Hansen, Ph.D., is a senior fellow, education policy, with the Brookings Institution.

Greenspun Auditorium, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Downloadable video is 1.1 GB in MP4 format

Attached file: 16 PowerPoint slides

Repository Citation

Hansen, M. (2016). Access to Quality Teaching: Myths, Facts, and Potential Policy Solutions for the Future.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/brookings_lectures_events/108