Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Teacher Quality and Quantity / James B. Stedman -- Ch. 2. Progress through the Teacher Pipeline / Robin R. Henke, Xianglei Chen, Sonya Geis and Paula Knepper -- Ch. 3. Raising the Achievement of Low-Performing Students: What High Schools Can Do / Gene Bottoms -- Ch. 4. Knowledge and 'Knowledge': The Status of Teachers' Narratives in Educational Research / Brenton Doecke -- Ch. 5. What Ails U.S. High Schools? How Should they be Reformed? Is There a Federal Role? / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- Ch. 6. Teachers' Perceptions of Administrative Change / Chris Easthope and Gary Easthope -- Ch. 7. African Americans and the Choice to Teach / June A. Gordon -- Ch. 8. Which Factors Relate to Burnout of Teachers? Teachers' Experience, Social Support, and their Ideal on the Education / Minako Ito and Yuichi Toda -- Ch. 9. Troops to Teachers: Program Helped Address Teacher Shortages.