Teacher Preparation Shortcuts Won’t Solve the Teacher Shortage ArticleAug 31, 2022 Teacher Preparation Shortcuts Won’t Solve the Teacher Shortage Recently passed legislation that reduces training requirements for teachers will harm student learning, weaken the profession, and ignore the systemic issues that have long contributed to teacher shortages. Aug 31, 2022 Loren Welles
The Alternative Teacher Certification Sector Outside Higher Education ReportJun 7, 2022 The Alternative Teacher Certification Sector Outside Higher Education Enrollment continues to grow in alternative teacher certification programs operated outside of colleges, but the number of students completing these programs is declining. Jun 7, 2022 Jacqueline E. King, Jessica Yin
Fact Sheet: Targeted Grants for Educational Excellence Program Fact SheetAug 23, 2021 Fact Sheet: Targeted Grants for Educational Excellence Program This fact sheet outlines the details of a proposed grant program that would increase recruitment and retention of highly qualified educators in schools with the highest teacher turnover. Aug 23, 2021 Bayliss Fiddiman, Lisette Partelow
How To Ensure Equitable Access to Great Teaching ReportAug 23, 2021 How To Ensure Equitable Access to Great Teaching The Center for American Progress proposes a new grant program to address the working conditions that contribute to job dissatisfaction and high turnover among the nation’s K-12 teachers in order to increase equal access to highly qualified teachers. Aug 23, 2021 Bayliss Fiddiman, Lisette Partelow
Remote Learning and School Reopenings: What Worked and What Didn’t ReportJul 6, 2021 Remote Learning and School Reopenings: What Worked and What Didn’t As the United States recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and schools return to in-person learning in the fall, it is key that educators learn from the successes of the past year and avoid making the same mistakes. Jul 6, 2021 Megan Ferren
The Education Data That Matter Most to Parents and School Stakeholders ReportMay 5, 2021 The Education Data That Matter Most to Parents and School Stakeholders The current K-12 accountability system provides important information for education leaders, but local school communities need access to other timely and useful data to help improve the quality of education each child receives. May 5, 2021 Jamil Modaffari, Laura Jimenez
An Overview of the Teacher Alternative Certification Sector Outside of Higher Education ReportDec 7, 2020 An Overview of the Teacher Alternative Certification Sector Outside of Higher Education A growing number of students are enrolling in alternative certification programs for teachers run by operators outside colleges. Dec 7, 2020 Jessica Yin, Lisette Partelow
A First 100 Days Agenda for K-12 Education ReportOct 20, 2020 A First 100 Days Agenda for K-12 Education The next presidential administration must take immediate, bold action to provide a quality education for every child. Oct 20, 2020 Scott Sargrad, Khalilah M. Harris, Lisette Partelow, 2 More Neil Campbell, Laura Jimenez
How Teacher Preparation Programs Can Help All Teachers Better Serve Students With Disabilities ArticleJan 23, 2020 How Teacher Preparation Programs Can Help All Teachers Better Serve Students With Disabilities General education teachers must be explicitly taught how to work with all students, including those with disabilities. Jan 23, 2020 Vasilisa Smith
What To Make of Declining Enrollment in Teacher Preparation Programs ReportDec 3, 2019 What To Make of Declining Enrollment in Teacher Preparation Programs Enrollment in teacher preparation programs has seen declines, but identifying the problem is only the beginning. Dec 3, 2019 Lisette Partelow
Successful Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials ReportSep 20, 2019 Successful Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials Numerous studies underscore the effects of high-quality curricula on student achievement, but to achieve the intended goal of adopting such curricula, careful attention must be paid to the implementation process. Sep 20, 2019 Amanda Fuchs Miller, Lisette Partelow
Student Debt: An Overlooked Barrier to Increasing Teacher Diversity ReportJul 9, 2019 Student Debt: An Overlooked Barrier to Increasing Teacher Diversity Black and Latinx students’ disparate experiences with student loan debt compared with their white counterparts may affect their choice to enter or stay in the teaching profession. Jul 9, 2019 Bayliss Fiddiman, Colleen Campbell, Lisette Partelow