IT WOULDN’T SURPRISE anyone who follows elementary and secondary education that our magazine’s gaze on human capital management this month would lead us principally to address the persistent need to land quality teachers.

Emily Douglas-McNab and two colleagues from the consulting firm Battelle for Kids provide an opening framework for our attention with their piece “Beyond Human Resources." You’ll also read about the distinctive expectations of the youngest generation to populate the teaching ranks in “‘Missing’ Millennials and the Great Workforce Divide."

A couple of administrators in Illinois’ Kildeer district describe in “Hired to Retired” how they’ve sharpened teacher induction in a way that is influencing their staying power. School districts’ increasing use of alternative certification routes is the focus of writing by Judy Corcillo and Richard Valenta.

I’ll also call attention to an article by Amy Gallo, someone whose work on organizational management shows up in Harvard Business Review, on the value of productive disagreements in the workplace. In the newspaper field of yesteryear, we used to call it “creative tension.”

Lots of substance to consider. Please let me know what you think.