America's Teacher Corps

Here's the problem: the best teachers do not teach where they are needed most. The Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution proposes a new federal program, America's Teacher Corps, to support the development of effective teacher evaluation systems to keep the best teachers in the classroom, enhance the likelihood that more qualified people will enter teaching, provide opportunities for teachers to receive additional support and development and encourage qualified teachers to teach in hard-to-staff schools. Highly effective teachers would receive national recognition and conditional on service in high-poverty schools, a substantial salary bonus and easily-transferable teaching credentials.