Recruitment & Hiring
Learn more about efforts to attract school and district staff and choose the best candidate for the job
The State of Teaching
New national data on the teaching profession, vivid reporting from classrooms, and resources to help support this essential profession.
Teacher Preparation
Faced With Deep Teacher Shortages, Clark County, Nev., District Looks for Answers
The Las Vegas-area district, along with state officials and stakeholders, has had to experiment with a number of increasingly urgent initiatives designed to tap new pools of potential teachers.
Teaching Profession
Colleges Seek Out Future Special Ed. Teachers
Through new offerings and partnerships, education schools are looking for ways to bring more prospective candidates into the field.
Recruitment & Retention
National Network Seeks to Get More H.S. Students Interested in Teaching
Educators Rising, part of PDK International, provides resources and support to school leaders in an effort to build stronger local pipelines of future educators.
Recruitment & Retention
In Efforts to Boost Teacher Diversity, Asians and Pacific Islanders Seek Inclusion
Diversity-centered recruitment initiatives often target the two largest minority groups: African-Americans and Hispanics. Advocates say more efforts are needed to boost the numbers of other underrepresented ethnicities.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Need for Bilingual Educators Moves School Recruitment Abroad
For big-city districts, Puerto Rico and Spain have becoming recruiting hot spots amid a shortage of teachers for dual-immersion and English-as-a-second-language programs.
Recruitment & Retention
To Connect With Candidates, School Recruiters Hone Social Media Skills
Districts' human resource directors are starting to see platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn as key tools for reaching the current generation of prospective educators.
Recruitment & Retention
More Districts Mine Data to Refine Teacher Hiring
Advocates say that making better use of analytics and screening tools in recruitment processes can improve schools' hiring outcomes across a number of areas.
Teaching Profession
Proposal: Shift $15 Billion in Prison Spending to Teacher Pay
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan would like to see states and local governments repurpose some of the money they spend on incarceration and pour it into salaries for educators.
Recruitment & Retention
Districts Facing Teacher Shortages Look for Lifelines
With a new school year approaching, districts around the country are issuing urgent pleas for teachers to come work for them.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Five Things to Incentivize in Teacher Compensation Plans
Does "differentiating" teacher pay (beyond the usual salary schedule) result in Better Teaching and More Learning? Can we use financial incentives to build the teacher force every school leader dreams of: bright stars relentlessly pursuing the all-important data, working 60 hours a week, cheerfully compliant?
Federal
States Wrestle With How to Get Good Teachers in All Schools
Some plans submitted to the federal government pitch new ideas for how to best share the most-qualified teachers, while others repackage strategies already underway.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Would Your Organization Pass this Discrimination Test?
Guest blogger, Naima Khandaker, explores a recent Supreme Court decision in an EEOC case and offers a reminder that fair hiring is an issue requiring constant diligence from talent managers.
Recruitment & Retention
Charters Look to Change Perceptions on Teacher Turnover
Despite contested data on the phenomenon, some charter school leaders acknowledge teacher turnover as a liability for the movement.
Families & the Community
Parent Engagement on Rise as Priority for Schools, Districts
As districts adopt formal efforts to integrate parents into the fabric of their schools, advocates welcome a shift away from seeing parent-engagement efforts as just an add-on.