Arizona State Board of Education approved American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence’s relaunch throughout the state during its August 28 meeting. This green light for the alternative path to teacher certification comes after Gov. Ducey’s urging to allow…
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Drexel University School of Education is conducting a deep-dive into the validity and effectiveness of American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence’s alternative teacher certification program. The first study Drexel University conducted in 2016 was done to evaluate both…
Oklahoma's teacher shortage currently looks like this: more than 1,000 emergency teacher certifications have been issued in Oklahoma during the 2016-17 school year with an estimated 50,000 students being taught by an emergency certified teacher. Amidst the severe circumstances, some…
UPDATE 8/29/2017: You can find the latest Arizona teacher certification news by clicking here. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed an education bill into law on May 2, Teacher Appreciation Day, which he requested from legislators earlier this year. The law…
Dr. Grant Tedaldi has been teaching in public schools for over 10 years. Below, he explains why alternative teacher certification is a necessary and impactful method to certification, especially in the state of Florida. 2017 is here, and I…
Alternative teacher certification in the United States has existed for decades and is accepted by almost every state in the country. But there is still much confusion as to what alternative teacher certification actually is and the impact it…
How familiar are you with the history of education in the United States? Did you know the first schools focused on religious studies, not math or reading? Or that public schools as we know them didn’t come into vogue…
In a 12/17/14 Washington Post article titled Turning Around Schools with Low Achievement Rates Never Seems to Work, Jay Matthews offered an analysis of the success of the current turnaround school effort in the United States. Specifically, Matthews focused…
Improvements in STEM STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Math) education has been one of the focal points of school improvement efforts in the United States during the past 5 years. In response to the dearth of graduates in the…
An 11/14/14 Education Week article by former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher Walt Gardner highlights some provocative issues surrounding equity in teacher assignments. In his article, Gardner frames his argument around a California Superior Court case Vergara v.…