Part I. Why Focus on Human Capital Systems in K–12 and What We Might Learn from Other Countries and the Private Sector
1. Overview
Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway
2. Education for the Third Industrial Revolution
Alan S. Blinder
3. Human Capital Policy and the Quality of the Teacher Workforce
Sean P. Corcoran
4. Zooming In and Zooming Out: Rethinking School District Human Resource Management
Michael M. DeArmond, Kathryn L. Shaw, and Patrick M. Wright
5. Lessons from Abroad: Exploring Cross-Country Differences in Teacher Development Systems and What They Mean for U.S. Policy
Dan Goldhaber
Part II. Reform Ideas
6. The Human Capital Challenge: Toward a 21st-Century Teaching Profession
Frederick M. Hess
7. Consequences of Instructional Technology for Human Resource Needs in Education
Paul T. Hill
8. Teacher Deselection
Eric A. Hanushek
9. The Estimation of Teacher Value Added as a Determinant of Performance Pay
Steven G. Rivkin
10. Modernizing Teacher Retirement Benefit Systems
Robert M. Costrell, Richard W. Johnson, and Michael J. Podgursky
11. Investing in Human Capital through Teacher Professional Development
Jennifer King Rice
Part III. Politics of Education Reform/Prospects for the Teaching Profession
12. Reactions from an Education School Dean
David H. Monk
13. Reactions from an Urban School Superintendent
Joel I. Klein
14. Reactions from a Teachers’ Union Leader
Randi Weingarten
15. Reactions from an Education Policy Wonk
Andrew J. Rotherham
16. Conclusion
Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
