A handful of states are now relying on emergency permits or other nonstandard certificates to meet immediate hiring needs.
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February 09, 2016
February 03, 2016
The proposals, championed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, would base funding for schools on a target teacher salary and teacher-pupil ratio, rather than per-pupil spending.
December 07, 2015
Teachers reported feeling that they less power to select textbooks, discipline students, and assign homework in a 2011-12 survey, compared to 2003-04.
October 05, 2015
A new longitudinal study shows that mentoring seems connected to a longer career path. So why are teachers in higher-poverty schools less likely to get a mentor?
August 28, 2015
Effective teachers signing onto a newly created initiative to mentor other teachers and reach more students could see thousands of dollars in additional pay.
July 27, 2015
Recessions appear to lead to an influx of more skilled teaching applicants, it says.
May 01, 2015
Only 17 percent of teachers tracked in a federal longitudinal study left the profession, far fewer than the often-cited 50 percent.
April 10, 2015
Minority candidates are performing less well than their white peers on N.Y.'s tougher test.
January 08, 2015
In contrast to the conventional wisdom, an estimated 70 percent of teachers stay in the profession after five years, an analysis of federal data shows.
December 23, 2014
A new report warns that many teachers in states that don't extend Social Security benefits to public employees could end up with severe gaps in their retirement savings.