Teacher-Pay Approaches From Other Countries Outlined

The United States isn’t the only country struggling to attract and retain well-qualified teachers.

But compensation strategies being tried in other industrialized nations could give policymakers here some new ways to address the issue, says a new report from the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based think tank.

“Shortages of qualified teachers are pervasive in all advanced industrial countries today,” write the authors, Susan K. Sclafani, a former U.S. assistant secretary of education for vocational and adult education, and Marc S. Tucker, the president of the National Center on Education and the Economy in Washington. “Like us, these countries are finding it especially difficult to recruit teachers in mathematics, sciences, technology and computer...