{"product_id":"9780807771228","title":"Improving Teacher Quality: The U.S. Teaching Force in Global Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking work examines teacher quality, work norms, and professional learning opportunities, using data from 15 countries. The authors compare and contrast the United States with two high-achieving countries—Japan and Australia—that have implemented very different approaches to improving teacher quality. Drawing on both large international data sets and ethnographic and small-scale studies, the book addresses critical questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do teacher quality and teacher recruitment and hiring policies in the United States differ from those in other countries?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do the working conditions of U.S. teachers differ from those of teachers in other countries?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do U.S. teachers’ opportunities for professional learning differ from those of teachers in other countries?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do the characteristics of the national teaching force influence student achievement?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat U.S. policies offer promise for improving teacher quality?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMotoko Akiba\u003c\/strong\u003eis Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri–Columbia and a 2008 recipient of National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award.\u003cstrong\u003eGerald LeTendre\u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Education and International Affairs and chair of the Educational Policy Studies Department at the Pennsylvania State University. He is currently acting editor of\u003cem\u003eThe American Journal of Education\u003c\/em\u003eand serves on the editorial board for the\u003cem\u003eComparative Education Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An outstanding example of comparative educational research.... Authors Akiba and LeTendre use a variety of methodologies and accompany their analyses with a set of systematic recommendations that are as timely as they are prescient. As a result, scholars of educational policy and practice, as well as policymakers, administrators, and teachers, will find this volume to be an indispensable contribution to ongoing national and international discussions of educational reform.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eIrving Epstein\u003c\/strong\u003e, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Illinois Wesleyan University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107325624560,"sku":"9780807771228","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807771228_p0.jpg?v=1763738556","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807771228","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}