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 More Teacher-Preparation Programs Follow the 'Science of Reading.' But Some Still LagRoughly half of programs reviewed train teachers in the skills needed to teach reading effectively.Teacher Preparation Inside a State's Yearlong Residency for New Teachers: 'They’re Seeing It All'The residency model has become a talent pipeline for school districts struggling to recruit teachers.Teacher Preparation Opinion Level Up Your Teacher Preparation With This Medical Practice (Downloadable)A common hospital tactic can explain the “why” behind classroom strategies.Teacher Preparation Opinion Some Claim Ed. Schools Are 'Woke.' Are They?Researchers tested claims by Christopher Rufo, a leader of the anti-critical race theory movement.Teacher Preparation Aspiring Teachers Aren't Being Prepared to Handle Student Behavior ProblemsTeacher-quality group unveils a new teacher-prep framework for managing classrooms.Teacher Preparation Education Groups Push $2.5 Billion Plan to Rebuild Teacher PreparationTeachers' colleges lead push to 'rebuild' after years of disruption and falling enrollment.Teacher Preparation Opinion I Adapted a Hospital Practice for Teacher Prep. It Was TransformativeMedical-style huddles can help future teachers recognize classroom strategies as they happen.Teacher Preparation A Local Campaign Saved This Teacher Residency After the Ed. Dept. Pulled FundingLocal donations protected teachers left hanging after the program lost a grant.Teacher Preparation Ed. Dept. Cuts Grants That Were Helping College Students Become TeachersTen universities collectively lost more than $20 million for efforts to diversify the teacher workforce.Teacher Preparation Ed. Colleges Are Granting Fewer Degrees, Potentially Affecting the Teacher PipelineNew national data show fewer, but more diverse, teachers earning education degrees.Teacher Preparation Virtual Simulations Help Future Teachers Build Social-Emotional SkillsSimulations give teacher candidates a chance to practice what to say and do in tough situations.Teacher Preparation Teacher-Educators Urge Congress: Prioritize New Pathways to TeachingCongress should support promising new teacher programs, leaders told Congress.Teacher Preparation Trump Admin. Defunds a Program to Help Launch Teacher ApprenticeshipsThe grant from the Labor Department assisted states and districts as they created hands-on teacher apprenticeships.Teacher Preparation What the Research Says Is Math Teacher-Prep Not Teaching Enough of the Basics?A report says the programs should provide future teachers more training number sense, algebraic reasoning, and other foundations.Teacher Preparation States Push Forward With Teacher Apprenticeships Amid Funding UncertaintyAlmost every state has launched a registered apprenticeship program for teaching. But amid federal upheaval, their future is uncertain.