The volume begins with Barbara Hornick-Lockard’s essay on recruiting, hiring, and retaining highly qualified teachers. With their growing need for skilled and competent teachers, school administrators must implement the “best practices” for recruiting and hiring high quality educators and provide the necessary administrative support to retain new teachers. Rana Suh Kannan introduces the practice of teacher supervising as a way to enhance student outcomes and improve teacher retention. Administrators may employ a number of methods to increase professional development and promote teacher quality, such as walk-throughs, observations and group development approaches. John Loeser reflects upon the concerns that educators and administrators face regarding common professional development workshops and their tendency to “lack a clear purpose and direct application to everyday classroom experiences.” Loeser suggests progressive alternatives that can improve professional growth and collaboration among educators and staff members. Staff performance evaluations are another effective method for increasing the accountability and the quality of public school teachers. Suh Kannan overviews the elements involved in typical performance evaluation procedures. Maureen McMahon reviews the topics of performance-based salaries, a reform option for increasing teacher accountability by implementing different pay scenarios based on an educator’s personal effectiveness and productivity level. McMahon reviews this controversial salary method and explains how the success of this approach on improving student outcomes has yet to be proved. Noelle Vance then explores how teachers can reduce tension with their students by familiarizing themselves with different perspectives on source referencing and plagiarism, which can vary widely from one culture to another.