Publication Date
7-6-2022
DOI
10.17848/9780880996846
Abstract
This book examines the labor market for K-12 teachers and why an increasing number of them are leaving the profession and fewer students are entering it. It also looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the teaching profession and provides policy recommendations aimed at strengthening the profession.
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Note
Upjohn project #69416
ISBN
9780880996839 (pbk.) ; 9780880996846 (ebook)
Subject Areas
EDUCATION; Teachers and compensation
Citation
Addonizio, Michael F. 2022. Exalted and Assaulted: Conflicted Sentiments about the Profession of Classroom Teaching in America. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880996846
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Contents
1. Exalted and Assaulted: Conflicted Sentiments about the Teaching Profession
2. Teacher Labor Markets in the U.S.: The Anatomy of Local Shortages
3. Teachers’ Unions in the Crosshairs
4. Charter School Teachers: Empowered or Expendable?
5. New Approaches to Teacher Accountability: Science or Scapegoating?
6. A Tale of Two States: Massachusetts Soars while Michigan Stumbles
7. Blue Collar or White? Who Decides?
Epilogue: The Pandemic and Beyond