Economist Jesse Rothstein has a new paper where he constructs a model of teacher labor supply and how it interacts with education reform policies meant to affect teacher quality.

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It is part of a broader initiative, NYC21C, that began last year and looks for ways ways to educate students beyond the classic model of one teacher, one lesson and a 35-student classroom.

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We called them Bermanites, after their intellectual and sartorial model, an English teacher named Robert Berman: a small, thin, unsmiling man who papered over the windows of his classroom door so that no one could peek through.

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Ellie's teacher is the kind of smart and strong young woman I want as a role model for my daughter (she's also a really snappy dresser), and I know she was only trying to make the transition moment special for each student.

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Although the company helps schools enter into a design process to rethink the use of time, teacher roles, and so forth, the basic model that most schools using Education Elements adopt tends to be pretty consistent.

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