Student peer effects are well documented; however, we know far less about peer effects
among teachers. We hypothesize that a relatively effective teacher can positively affect the …

Abstract This paper situates Teach For America (TFA) within the larger landscape of teacher
education research. After discussing the widely publicized research on TFA and outlining …

The study found that, on average, TFA corps members hired in the first two years of the scale-
up period were as effective as other teachers in the same high-poverty schools in both …

This study examined the prevalence and impact of imposter syndrome (IS) on a sample of
pre-service educators. We report a majority of pre-service educators experience IS; 93 …

An increasing share of new teachers participate in alternative preparation programs. A
fundamental question is what effect these programs have on long-run student achievement …

UTeach is a well-known, university-based program designed to increase the number of high-
quality STEM teachers in the workforce. Despite substantial investment and rapid program …

Abstract Teach For America (TFA) is an important but controversial source of teachers for
hard‐to‐staff subjects in high‐poverty US schools. We present findings from the first large …

Recent evidence on teacher productivity suggests that teachers meaningfully influence non-
test academic student outcomes that are commonly overlooked by narrowly focusing on test …

Guided by social capital and diffusion of innovation theories and K-12 social network
research, we describe instrumental advice network ties among diverse staff (n= 374) in a …

As states and districts incorporate value-added estimates into multiple-measures systems of
teacher evaluation, it has become increasingly important to understand how to model value …