Whereas, rigorous research consistently demonstrates that there is little or no correlation between university-based teacher certification and teacher effectiveness;REF Whereas, differences in teacher ...

Schools of education and allied accreditation and teacher licensing agencies now face a competitor who is challenging their longtime role as exclusive gatekeepers to public school teaching. With the ...

Current teacher licensing does not do what it is intended to do. The victims are the children. Current teacher licensing, or teacher certification, as it is commonly called, does not do what it is ...

Current teacher certification laws create a rigid and deficient process for selecting and employing teachers. Reforming teacher certification laws would provide districts with more flexibility in how ...

Many professionals are drawn to the idea of teaching high school chemistry as a second career. In lieu of entering and undergraduate teacher program, alternative teacher certification is a quick and ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

Enrollment continues to grow in alternative teacher certification programs operated outside of colleges, but the number of students completing these programs is declining. During the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The Teacher Residency program at Drexel University is an accelerated, hybrid, one-year teacher preparation experience unlike any other. Teacher residency programs aim to prepare teachers for ...