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Study: Alternative Teacher Certification Benefits Students

Ben DeGrow

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / October 17, 2009

A new national report credits alternative teacher certification programs for effectively filling teacher shortages.The report, released in September by ... (read more)

Alternative Certification Programs: Meeting the Demand for Effective Teachers

Rebecca Garcia and Jessica Huseman

Brief Analysis No. 675 / National Center for Policy Analysis / September 01, 2009

Shortage of Teachers. School districts must constantly recruit new teachers due to turnover. New hires are the most difficult to retain and only a minority ... (read more)

What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certifications?

Paul E. Peterson and Daniel Nadler

Education Next / Harvard College / October 01, 2009

Forty-seven states have adopted a pathway to teaching, alternative to the standard state certification otherwise required. Is this new pathway genuine or ... (read more)

Report Affirms Alternative Credentialing for Teachers

Evelyn B. Stacey

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / May 01, 2009

A new study released by the U.S. government reveals teachers credentialed through alternative programs do just as good a job in the classroom as those credentialed ... (read more)

New Jersey Lawmaker Takes a Stand against Cheats

Aricka Flowers

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / November 01, 2008

Recent reports of New Jersey teachers and administrators padding their salaries and retirement packages by receiving bogus degrees from unaccredited and ... (read more)

Report: Elementary Teachers Poorly Prepared to Teach Math

Ben DeGrow

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / September 01, 2008

A new report on the math preparation of elementary school teachers has rekindled debate over the quality of teacher preparation programs. In No Common ... (read more)

Exit With Expertise: Do Ed Schools Prepare Elementary Teachers to Pass This Test?

NCTQ Staff

National Council on Teacher Quality / June 01, 2008

The problems that follow are by no means exhaustive, but suggest the broad goals of the mathematics content coursework in an elementary teacher preparation ... (read more)

No Common Denominator: The Preparation of Elementary Teachers in Mathematics

Julie Greenberg and Kate Walsh

Full Report / National Council on Teacher Quality / June 01, 2008

The nation’s higher goals for student learning in mathematics cannot be reached without improved teacher capacity. To accomplish these goals an analysis ... (read more)

States Should Consider Alternative Certification More Often

Karla Dial

News Release / The Heartland Institute / July 01, 2008

A study released June 26 by the National Council on Teacher Quality shows elementary school teachers are not well prepared by education schools to teach ... (read more)

Schools Nationwide Hide Teacher Misconduct and Incompetence

Richard G. Neal

School Reform News / The Heartland Institute / March 01, 2008

New reports show teachers nationwide are allowed to continue teaching, or are paid not to teach, after being found guilty of misconduct. Expensive, difficult, ... (read more)