Alternative certification for schoolteachers is booming: More than one out of every five new teachers is alternatively certified, and nearly every state allows teachers to forgo traditional ...

Lisa Ashmore became a teacher in Texas despite failing to meet one of the most basic requirements - having a bachelor's degree from an accredited university. Ashmore got her degree from Louisiana ...

As schools across the country continue to face teacher shortages, alternative certification programs are helping to fill ...

In “What’s the Alternative to a Well-Prepared Teacher?”—just published by the National Education Policy Center—my friends and colleagues Chris Goering and Bill McComas criticize the Arkansas Teacher ...

Ensure Quality for Alternative Certification Programs for Teachers In order to ensure program quality, state policies should support the recruitment of talented candidates, assessment and support of ...

A new national report credits alternative teacher certification programs for effectively filling teacher shortages. The report, released in September by the Dallas-based National Center for Policy ...

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 ...

HOUSTON – Teachers of Tomorrow is the nation’s largest alternative certification provider, where over 75,000 quality teachers have become certified. Wondering how to become a teacher with Teachers of ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Experts at Michigan State University released a new report showing the expansion of alternative route programs, which has increased the number of certified teachers throughout ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. With public schools facing a dearth of teachers and traditional teacher-training programs struggling ...

Jack Oliver had a bachelor's degree in business management and two decades of technical training in the Coast Guard when he decided he wanted to teach in Maryland public schools. But to become a ...