Alt Cert Moves Mainstream

On their own, a number of stories this week are not overly remarkable, but together they reveal the shifting terrain...

Meritorious Designation

Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are teaming up to offer "meritorious" certification status to distinguished teacher graduates...

Rosy Report for Schools of Education

Education Week has issued the 2005 edition of "Quality Counts," revealing--once again--states' persistent reluctance to hold their teacher preparation...

Horne Pushes for NCATE Accreditation in Arizona

While a growing number of smart-thinking states like Louisiana (TQB September 3, 2004) and Ohio (TQB January 16, 2004) are...

What Do the NEA and PollyAnna Have in Common?

NRA Concedes Need for Gun Control! Ralph Nader Joins GOP! Arnold Schwarzenegger Elected 44th President of the United States! NEA sees election loss...

NCTQ Releases

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) today released the second in a series of reports that highlights states' progress...

Teacher Testing Problems in the Sunshine State

A Florida newspaper, The Herald Tribune, is carrying a must-read expose this week about the large numbers of employed teachers...

Feds Begin Enforcing NCLB

Has the US Department of Education fired its first shot? Seems so, as Department officials traveled to North Dakota last...

North Dakota Considers Single Pay Package

And speaking of North Dakota, teachers there may have "state employee" status in their future. Politicos in the Roughrider...

Duking it Out New York Style

The nastiness has elevated this month in New York, as tempers flare over the never-ending contract negotiations between New York’s...

Feds Nix Chicago Tutoring Program

To follow-up on our October coverage regarding 'failing schools' using their teachers for tutoring needy students, Chicago Public School?s chief...

¿Qué vamos a hacer?

The burgeoning Latino population in the southeastern United States poses some educational challenges and a new study is charging that...

Teacher shortages in California

A comprehensive, data-laden report released by the Santa Cruz-based Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning earlier this month...

The Evidence Accumulates

Another study has come in this week showing that teachers with National Board certification also happen to be quite effective...

Teachers leaving en masse

This month Massachusetts’ education leaders learned they will be losing more than 40 percent of their public school teachers within...