NCTQ TR3 - Teacher Rules, Roles and Rights

2009 Research Competition

Congratulations to Kristine Lamm West and Elton Mykerezi winners of NCTQ's TR³ research competition and conference Help or Hindrance? The impact of teacher rules, roles and rights on teacher quality.
On March 26, 2009 finalists from universities across the nation defended their original research papers before a jury of national experts competing for a top prize of $15,000. All of the papers derived data from NCTQ's new database entitled TR³, which provides unprecedented access to collective bargaining rules and regs for every state.

2009 Finalists and Their Papers:

FIRST PLACE:
KRISTINE LAMM WEST and ELTON MYKEREZI,

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Effects of Teachers' Unions on Qualification-Specific and Incentive Based Teacher Compensation
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RUNNER UP:
CHRIS FERGUSON, Indiana University

Wage Frictions and Teacher Quality: An Empirical Analysis of Differential Effects Across Subject Areas
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MICHAEL HANSEN, University of Washington

State Intervention and Contract Choice in the Public Teacher Labor Market
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MICHAEL HARTNEY, University of Notre Dame

The Politics of Teacher Professionalization: How Union Interests and the Structure of Education Governance Impact Teacher Pay and Evaluation Policies
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LEAH WASBURN-MOSES, Miami University of Ohio

Rethinking Mentoring: Comparing Policy and Practice in Special and General Education
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2009 Jury Members:
Steven Adamowski Superintendent of Hartford Public Schools Jane Hannaway Urban Institute Eric Hanushek Hoover Institution	Susan Moore Johnson Harvard University Eugenia Kemble Albert Shanker Institute Donald Langenberg Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland

TR³ is the nonpartisan, authoritative source on local school district policy and collective bargaining. TR³ has data from more than 100 school districts and all 50 states. These districts represent 20 percent of public school students in the United States.