The Effect of Having One Great Teacher in One Grade in School

Researchers find that teachers who have a good record of improving student test scores have long term effects on those students lives. Students significantly more likely to attend college, to earn more money as young adults and to live in better neighbourhoods. Having such a teacher can change your lifetime earnings by 39 thousand dollars. This is the effect of having one great teacher in one grade in school. One grade, one teacher, 39000 dollars. Think about the effect of several great teachers throughout your schooling years? Well, that's something we've always intuite, but now there's some pretty good data to back that up.