The Alabama Board of Education has approved the state’s first non-college-based alternative teacher preparation program, a move the schools chief said could help with the state’s teacher shortage.

A fast-growing collection of teacher-preparation programs designed to recruit and retain more educators—including apprenticeships, residencies and other scholarships—are sprouting up to help fill the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State’s Department of Education has approved three new teacher certification degrees at the University at Albany. UAlbany will now offer Bachelor of Science degrees in ...

Paraprofessional Kayla Linares works with a small group of kindergarteners at Stratton Meadows Elementary School in Colorado Springs. It’s no secret that Colorado is short on teachers, nor is it that ...

Teachers’ unions, long defenders of the teaching profession, are now putting their own spin on an often-criticized component: teacher preparation. The Washington Education Association is in its first ...

Williamsburg County School District has changed “the game” in terms of teacher recruitment, certification, and retention. Superintendent Dr. Kelvin Wymbs and the Assistant Superintendent of ...

It’s no secret that Colorado is short on teachers, nor is it that these shortages are more significant in specialized fields like special education and geographic areas like rural communities.