Teacher Distribution in Developing Countries

Thomas F. Luschei is Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Urban Leadership PhD Program at the School of Educational Studies of Claremont Graduate University, USA. His research interests include international and comparative education, the economics of education, teacher labor markets and teacher quality, educational equity, and teacher-related policies in Latin America and the United States.Amita Chudgar is Associate Professor of Education Policy in the College of Education at Michigan State University, USA. Her scholarship is driven by an interest in ensuring that children and adults in resource-constrained environments have equal access to high-quality learning opportunities irrespective of their backgrounds.

• Chapter 1  Reaching and Teaching Marginalized Children.- Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework Marginalized Children and Their Teachers.- Chapter 3 Setting the Study Context: India, Mexico and Tanzania.- Chapter 4 Demand-side Explanations for Inequitable Teacher Distribution.- Chapter 5 Supply-side Explanations for Inequitable Teacher Distribution.- Chapter 6 Good Teachers for All: Toward a More Just Distribution of Teachers.