“…Human capital can be roughly defined as the knowledge, skills, commitment, disposition, and intellectual ability of the members of a school's staff (Newmann, King, & Youngs, 2000;Spillane & Thompson, 1997;Corcoran & Goertz, 1995). Put in very simple terms, human capital is the amount that a school benefits from having each individual working there, each person with his or her own strengths, weaknesses, and preferences.…”