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Minimum High School Graduation Requirements And Teacher Compensation, Allison Johnson
Minimum High School Graduation Requirements And Teacher Compensation, Allison Johnson
Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation
In the last forty years of educational reform, significant changes have been made to the number and type of high school credits students are required to complete for graduation. As these requirements have changed, the demand for higher-level academic courses has increased while teacher shortages, particularly in high-demand areas such as math and science, have continued to increase. This study uses data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Student and Staffing Survey to examine the relationship between minimum graduation credit requirements in core subject areas (English, math, science and social sciences) and teacher salaries, both holistically and in …