Additional info and assistance for states

For more information from the NGA Center for Best Practices, contact Bridget Curran (202/624-5386) or Liam Goldrick (202/624-5359). Also, visit our Teacher Quality Web page.

Publications:

• American Association of School Administrators:

• "Higher Pay in Hard-to-Staff Schools: The Case for Financial Incentives" (June 2002)

• "The Challenge of Attracting Good Teachers and Principals to Struggling Schools" (January 2002)

• Missouri K-16 Task Force on Achievement Gap Elimination, report: "Achievement Gap Elimination" (2002)

• Southeast Center for Teaching Quality: "Recruiting Teachers for Hard-to-Staff Schools: Solutions for the Southeast & the Nation" (January 2002)

• North Carolina Commission on Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps: First Report to the State Board of Education (December 2001)

Other organizations:

• Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy

• The Education Trust

• National Conference of State Legislatures

• National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future

• National Council on Teacher Quality

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