Alternative certification for schoolteachers is booming: More than one out of every five new teachers is alternatively certified, and nearly every state allows teachers to forgo traditional ...

In “What’s the Alternative to a Well-Prepared Teacher?”—just published by the National Education Policy Center—my friends and colleagues Chris Goering and Bill McComas criticize the Arkansas Teacher ...

Alicia Luna was a special education aide at several Abilene ISD schools. Now, she's the teacher in charge of 21 kindergarteners at Bonham Elementary. Wylie High School alum Brenda Morales served in ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. With public schools facing a dearth of teachers and traditional teacher-training programs struggling ...

A Houston for-profit company thinks it has a cure for South Carolina's chronic teacher shortage. Teachers of Tomorrow, an outgrowth of Texas Teachers for Tomorrow, says it has helped certify more than ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Experts at Michigan State University released a new report showing the expansion of alternative route programs, which has increased the number of certified teachers throughout ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WCSC) - With fewer college students wanting to become teachers and many educators leaving the profession, schools across the nation have been struggling to fill the teacher ...

HOUSTON, Texas — Ortiz Middle School near Hobby Airport is where Houston native Brittany Dominguez “landed” after deciding to become a teacher. “I’m going into my second year this fall,” said ...

This article was originally published in Alabama Reflector. An Alabama state representative has filed a bill that would reduce the requirements for alternative teacher certification programs. HB 342, ...

Alabama’s teacher shortage is leveling off, state education officials said Thursday, but there are still chronic shortages in some subject and geographical areas. “I think we have turned a corner on ...

Montana is changing requirements around teacher licensure in order to fill vacancies in the state. The Montana Board of Public Education voted unanimously Monday to approve an alternative path to ...