Scholarships to Recruit the "Best and Brightest" Into Teaching: Who Is Recruited, Where Do They Teach, How Effective Are They, and How Long Do They Stay?

Educational Researcher

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 83-92

  Henry, Gary T ^a   Bastian, Kevin C ^a   Smith, Adrienne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Horizon Research   (United States)

Author keywords

economics of education; educational policy; evaluation; longitudinal studies; teacher education development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859132889     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X12437202     Document Type: Article

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