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Why don;t you post a link to the recently released research at AERA that ending seniority based layoffs and placement did nothing to alter teacher qualifications, teacher turnover, or student achievement? Perhaps because it doesn’t fit your ideology????
Which report is that, Billy Bob?
Seniority Rules: Do Staffing Reforms Help Redistribute Teacher Quality and Reduce Teacher Turnover?, *Betheny Gross, University of Washington; *Michael DeArmond, University of Washington; *Dan Goldhaber, University of Washington
I take back the part on student achievement–they did not discuss that in the paper, but in the paper presented after that one.
I couldn’t find anything like that at AERA, but did at AEFA (finance). List of sessions: http://aefa.cc/media/uploads/The_35th_ANNUAL_CONFERENCE_PROGRAM_AEFAmarch22.pdf on page 27.
Ask Ms. Gross here:
betheny@u.washington.edu