Opinion pieces and speeches by EPI staff and associates.

Teacher Quality—transcript of discussion

This edited transcript records a discussion from August 20, 2003, on how to measure and promote teacher quality, an issue of special concern to schools in light of tighter budgets and new accountability standards stemming from the federal No Child Left Behind legislation. The national conference call was centered around the latest EPI education report, Teacher Quality: Understanding The Effectiveness of Teacher Attributes, written by Jennifer King Rice, University of Maryland professor and EPI research associate.

PARTICIPANTS: 

Anne Heald, Economic Policy Institute education researcher, moderator
Jennifer King Rice, Author, Teacher Quality: Understanding the Effectiveness of Teacher Attributes
Jerry Weast, Superintendent, Montgomery County (Md.) Schools
Michael Allen, Program Director, Education Commission of the States
Hannah Rubin, Editor and Writer, Education Daily
Fredreka Schouten, Reporter, Gannett News Service
Mike Bowler, Reporter, The Baltimore Sun
George Archibald, Reporter, The Washington Times
John Drake, Reporter, The State (Columbia, S.C.) 
Amy Scribner, Reporter, Thompson News Service

This transcript is available in PDF format.