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 ...

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 ...

Ligia Dos Reis never imagined that someone with her life story — an immigrant from Cape Verde who never attended high school — would one day be teaching children with special needs. “I am an immigrant ...

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 ...

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 ...

LISD board president has responded to public concerns about its superintendent's teaching certificate being under review by ...