The Expanding Federal Role in Teacher Workforce Policy

This article examines the recent expansion of the federal role into teacher workforce policy, primarily as embodied by the Race to the Top Fund of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Such recent federal teacher workforce policy reflects an important expansion of the federal role into a polic...

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Published inEducational policy (Los Altos, Calif.) Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 58 - 78
Main Authors Superfine, Benjamin M., Gottlieb, Jessica J., Smylie, Mark A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2012
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Administrative Principles
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009
Education policy
Educational Policy
Federal Aid
Federal Government
Federal Legislation
Federal Regulation
Federal State Relationship
Governance
Government and politics
Government Role
Incentive Grants
Labor Force
Labor Force Development
Labor policy
Legislation
Personnel Management
Personnel Policy
Race to the Top
State Action
State Regulation
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Recruitment
Teachers
Workforce
teacher quality
governance
policy
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Summary:This article examines the recent expansion of the federal role into teacher workforce policy, primarily as embodied by the Race to the Top Fund of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Such recent federal teacher workforce policy reflects an important expansion of the federal role into a policy domain that deserves more attention. The financial incentives and governance arrangements structuring federal-state relationships under these policies have proven effective at facilitating the enactment of state-level reforms. However, these policies ultimately pay too little attention to fundamental governance questions that must be addressed for efficacious teacher workforce development.
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ISSN:0895-9048
1552-3896
DOI:10.1177/0895904811435722