Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Deputy Director, U.S. Education, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Formerly a Senior Economist for the Council of Economic Advisers, Thomas J. Kane is heading up a university-wide research center and partnering with school districts to study teacher quality, public school choice, and other matters of district policy.
The payoff to a college education has increased dramatically over the last two decades. At the same time, the cost of a college education has increased steeply. To provide all Americans with the opportunity to share in the prosperity of the knowledge-based economy, those high-school graduates who are prepared to benefit from college must have access to the financial resources needed to pursue their education.
Full audio of Panel One from the event The Role of Education in Promoting Opportunity and Economic Growth
Full audio of Panel Two from the event The Role of Education in Promoting Opportunity and Economic Growth
The Hamilton Project held a panel discussion that featured recent strategy and discussion papers on ways to promote opportunity and growth through our nation's education system. The Project is examining the full spectrum of early childhood, K-12, and higher education.
This paper outlines a program of federal support to help states measure the effectiveness of individual teachers. Teachers who receive good evaluations would be offered bonuses if they were willing to teach in high-poverty schools.
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