Education and Society Program

Materials provided by Meeting participants

Participants provided articles, research reports and other relevant materials related to three seminar themes. These materials will be of interest to anyone wishing to learn more about research and innovations in teacher policy in the United States and abroad.

Attracting and Supporting New Teachers

• Twelfth Annual Report- The State of The Labour Market for Senior Staff in Schools In England and Wales 2005-2006 (PDF, 143KB)
• Project on the Next Generation of Teachers – findings of a multi-year research project led by Susan Moore Johnson of Harvard University on attracting, supporting and retaining teachers (2004).

Improving Schools as Places for Teachers to Work and Learn

• Improving Instruction through Professional Development in New York City's Community District #2, 1998, Richard F. Elmore and Deanna Burney
• Peer Assistance and Review (PDF, 566KB) Excerpts from contract negotiated in May, 1986) Rochester City School District, Rochester Teachers Association
• About promising and effective policies for improving teacher learning in Japan (PDF, 414KB) October 2006, Prepared by Yasushi Ogura, Japan, for Aspen Bellagio Seminar
• Teachers value quality (PDF, 135KB) Lararforbunded and Lararnas Riksforbund, Sweden, discuss quality, self- evaluation and school inspections, November 2005
• Ofsted: The logical chain: continuing professional development in effective schools, 2006
• PAR: Peer Assistance and Review, Columbus Education Association
• Excerpts from State of the Union speech by Tom Mooney at Ohio Federation of teachers annual convention (PDF, 45KB) March 9, 2006

Improving Career and Pay Structures

• Wage Formation and the Swedish Teachers' Union (PDF, 438KB) October 2006, prepared by Ove Johansson, Chief Negotiator, for Aspen Bellagio Seminar
• Teacher Reforms in Sweden: The Case of Individualised Pay (PDF, 135KB) December 2004, Annelie Strath
• Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland (PDF, 857KB) Stefan Wolter and Stefan Denzler
• Singapore Staff Appraisal (PDF, 29KB) November 10, 2006, An overview prepared for The Aspen Program on Education by staff of the Singapore Ministry of Education
• Edweek: NBPTS Upgrades Profession, Most Agree, Despite Test-Score Letdown (PDF, 46KB) June 14, 2006, Bess Keller
• EdWeek: Teacher-Pay Incentives Popular But Unproven (PDF, 36KB) September 27, 2006, Linda Jacobson
• Teacher and Principal Compensation: An International Review, October 16, 2006, by Susan Sclafani, Chartwell Education Group, and Marc S. Tucker, National Center on Education and the Economy (executive summary)

Cross Cutting Topics

• Sustaining Educational Change In Ontario (PDF, 55KB) For Ontario ASCD Journal, July 2006, Ben Levin, Avis Glaze and Michael Fullan

Other Useful Sources of Information

• OECD, Education at a Glance 2006, Provides indicators on OECD countries' education performance and systems, including the human resources invested in education and teacher working conditions.
• Eurydice, A database on European Education Systems
• Teachers for a New Era, A U.S. based initiative to develop state of the art programs at schools of education