Teacher Preparation
Education news, analysis, and opinion about how teachers are prepared for the classroom.
Teacher Preparation, Explained: Alternative Routes, Enrollment Trends, and More
Learn about teacher preparation in the United States, including how new apprenticeships work and how the pipeline has recently narrowed.
Teacher Preparation Classroom Routines Must Change. Here's What Teaching Looks Like Under COVID-19Experts say there are some priorities for instruction this year that cut across virtual and brick-and-mortar environments.
Teacher Preparation Georgia Eliminates the edTPA Requirement for Teacher Candidates"It has become clear over time that [the edTPA] caused unintended barriers and burdens for teachers entering the profession," Georgia's state superintendent said.Teacher Preparation Spotlight Spotlight on Teacher Preparation and EffectivenessIn this Spotlight, discover how teachers are learning to provide effective instruction during COVID-19 and more.
Teacher Preparation Opinion What Happens to Student-Teachers Now? A Guide for TeachersYou can still keep prospective teachers in the fold remotely, writes John Pascarella. Here are 7 steps to make it work.
Teacher Preparation Student-Teachers In Limbo During School Shutdowns. Here's How States Can HelpTeacher-preparation programs are rushing to figure out how to support teacher-candidates while still meeting state requirements, which are starting to be revised in some places.Teacher Preparation Student-Teachers Caught in Middle by ShutdownsStudent-teachers are grappling with uncertainty over housing, graduation requirements, and their ability to meet requirements for the edTPA licensing test.
Teacher Preparation Video On a Mission to Help Student-Teachers Thrive—and Stay in the ProfessionMarsha Francis, the program director of GO First Step in Fulton County, Ga., has rethought how the district handles student teaching.
Teacher Preparation What Happens to Student Teachers When Schools and Colleges Close Due to Coronavirus?Student-teachers are grappling with uncertainty over housing, graduation requirements, and their ability to meet requirements for the edTPA licensing test.Teacher Preparation When Teaching Media Literacy, Which News Sources Are Credible? Even Teachers Don't AgreeLike other Americans, liberal and conservative teachers perceive news sources' credibility differently. How does that affect their teaching of media literacy?
Teacher Preparation Teachers in These States Have to Pass a Rigorous Test on 'Science of Reading'Only 19 states require aspiring teachers to pass a test that shows they've mastered research-based methods for teaching children to read.
Teacher Preparation The Invisible Burden Some Bilingual Teachers FaceThe extra work that many dual-language bilingual educators take on "too often goes unrecognized and is never remunerated," a new small-scale study concludes.
Teacher Preparation Teachers Are Divided on Whether Phonics Is Getting Too Much Attention, Survey SaysLiteracy educators support a "balanced approach" to teaching early literacy, and are split on whether there's been too much or too little public attention to phonics instruction, according to a new survey from the International Literacy Association.
Teacher Preparation Here's What Gen Z Teachers Around the World Want in Their Jobs"This is a very values-oriented generation—they seek to work with purpose and passion, and without that, they'll leave," an education leader at Microsoft said about Generation Z teachers.
Teacher Preparation Researchers: Stop Using EdTPA Scores in Teacher-Certification DecisionsA new study argues that the performance-based teacher licensing test edTPA does not always yield reliable results and that the scores are misleading.Teacher Preparation What the Research Says Preservice Feedback and Practice Boost Teacher EffectivenessNew teachers face a steep learning curve, but preservice training that includes observation, feedback, and practice may give them a boost, finds a new study by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
