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Eric Hanushek on Teachers
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Eric Hanushek of Stanford University's Hoover Institution talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the importance of teacher quality in education. Hanushek argues that the standard measures of quality--experience and advanced degrees--are uncorrelated with student performance. But some teachers consistently cover dramatically more material and teach more than others, even within a school. Hanushek presents evidence that the impact of these differences on lifetime earnings for students can be quite large. The conversation closes with a discussion of school finance and the growth of administrators within school systems.
Released:
Aug 29, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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