Professor of Education Susanna Loeb co-authored this piece in her Education Week series, "Weighing the Research: What Works, What Doesn't," arguing that students will be harmed less if administrators use measures of teacher effectiveness, among other criteria, to determine which teachers stay and which go. "And here’s the good news. While recession-induced layoffs are bound to be detrimental, schools and districts can reduce the negative effects by protecting their greatest-need schools and their most effective teachers."
Department of Education
Date
May 6, 2020
How to Make the Coming Teaching Layoffs Hurt Schools and Students Less
A new article from Professor of Education Susanna Loeb's Education Week series, "Weighing the Research: What Works, What Doesn't," explores how possible teacher layoffs could affect schools and students.