#793: How D.C. increased teacher diversity and quality - 10/28/21

<p>On this week’s podcast, Tom Toch, director of Future Ed, joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss D.C.’s teacher-hiring strategy, and why other districts can and should follow suit. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how teacher specialization in elementary schools affects student achievement.</p><p><b>Amber&apos;s Research Minute</b></p><p>NaYoung Hwang and Brian Kisida, &quot;<a href='https://www.edworkingpapers.com/index.php/ai21-477'>Spread Too Thin: The Effects of Teacher Specialization on Student Achievement</a>,&quot; retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University (October 2021).</p>