Donald Boyd

Publication List Details

Period

2003 - 2009

Number

14

Co-Authors

The Draw of Home: How Teachers ’ Preferences for Proximity Disadvantage Urban Schools Abstract (2008)

Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James Wyckoff

This paper explores a little-understood aspect of labor markets, their spatial geography. Using data from New York State, we find teacher labor markets to be geographically very small. Teachers...

Provost's eZine (2008)

Haefner, Jeremy, Gatley, Ian, Stone, Joan, Nasr, Nabil, Boyd, Donald, Walker, Fred, ...

Welcome to the Provost's eZine, a monthly electronic newsletter that shares information to the campus community about events and accomplishments.

RIT news & events January 25, 2007 (2007)

Black, Karen, Borgna, Brandon, Downs, Kelly, Dube, Will, Follaco, John, Gawlowicz, Susan, ...

Originally issued in print. News & Events is RIT's newspaper of record, published biweekly during the academic year. News & Events is distributed widely across campus in print format, and is also...

Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement

Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James Wyckoff

There are fierce debates over the best way to prepare teachers. Some argue that easing entry into teaching is necessary to attract strong candidates, while others argue that investing in high quality...

The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools

Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Jonah Rockoff, James Wyckoff

The gap between the qualifications of New York City teachers in high-poverty schools and low-poverty schools has narrowed substantially since 2000. Most of this gap-narrowing resulted from changes in...

Analyzing the Determinants of the Matching Public School Teachers to Jobs: Estimating Compensating Differentials in Imperfect Labor Markets

Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James Wyckoff

Although there is growing recognition of the contribution of teachers to students' educational outcomes, there are large gaps in our understanding of how teacher labor markets function. Most research...

The Draw of Home: How Teachers' Preferences for Proximity Disadvantage Urban Schools

Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb

This paper explores a little understood aspect of labor markets, their spatial geography. Using data from New York State, we find teacher labor markets to be geographically very small. Teachers...

How Changes in Entry Requirements Alter the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement

Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, James Wyckoff

We are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to attract, prepare, and retain teachers, particularly for high poverty urban schools. Using data on students and teachers in...

Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement

Donald Boyd

There are fierce debates over the best way to prepare teachers. Some argue that easing entry into teaching is necessary to attract strong candidates, while others argue that investing in high quality...