Grantee: Next Education Workforce
Study Type: Policy Paper; Literature Review
Principal Investigator: Carole G. Basile & Brent W. Maddin – AEI
Project Description: This is a policy paper and literature review on the state of the U.S. education workforce. It discusses issues related to teacher recruitment and retention, and implications for state and federal policy.
Key Findings: Researchers concluded that educators’ jobs need to be redesigned so their skill set matches their assigned tasks and the profession provides meaningful advancement pathways. State policies are needed to incentivize these transformations.
Study Citation: Basile, Carole G. & Brent W. Maddin. The Next Education Workforce: Team-Based Staffing Models Can Make Schools Work Better for Both Learners and Educators. AEI, August 2022. Retrieved from https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Next-Education-Workforce.pdf?x91208.
The Key Findings above were reproduced from the published report and do not necessarily reflect interpretation of Overdeck Family Foundation staff.
Enhancing each stage of childhood learning, from birth to high school.
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