Teacher Preparation
Teacher training programs are facing profound challenges. Enrollment in traditional programs is down while alternative routes to the classroom proliferate. Amidst a growing call for raising the quality of the U.S. teaching force, The Hechinger Report is examining whether teachers are being adequately prepared. See all our Special Reports
Five things you should know about the people watching your children
Caring for young children in the U.S. continues to be devalued as unskilled ‘women’s work’
COLUMN: 20 judgments a teacher makes in 1 minute and 28 seconds
A researcher says 'micro moments' in the classroom reveal implicit biases, subtle racism and sexism
How one Mississippi college is trying to tackle teacher shortages
Tuition discounts for assistant teachers, scholarships to learn how to teach math are among the programs offered
TEACHER VOICE: ‘My students are not expected to disappear into the cultural melting pot the way I was’
Making learning personal in a Chicago classroom
COLUMN: Teachers, how does it feel to be oppressors?
A teacher literally stepped on children to “teach” them about slavery
TEACHER VOICE: It’s time to shatter the silence about race
Five steps toward fostering change
New, MIT-based program proposes transforming physicists, engineers into teachers
High-tech effort would also speed up teacher education by giving credit for existing skills
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