... timely. The purpose of this policy brief is to review the evidenceshowing the importance of teacher quality and then,drawing on articles published in the latest volume of The Future of Children ... NationatRiskwas not the first bomb to land in the midst of the nation’s educational establishment. In1966, at the behest of the federal government, soci-ologist James Coleman of the University of Chicagopublished ... and that theseeffects appear to persist into the future,” the size of the effects are difficult to determine, and manyclaims of big impacts on student achievement areexaggerated. These are...