Publications

Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say?
This report provides analysis of research on teacher preparation programs and discusses the policy implications for designing more effective teacher education and training strategies for the nation's teachers.

Eight Questions on Teacher Recruitment and Retention: What Does the Research Say?
This report, prepared by the Education Commission of the States (ECS), reviews research on teacher recruitment and retention in order to help policymakers gain a better understanding of both the nature of the teacher workforce and of promising recruitment and retention strategies. Policy implications are included in each area.

Missed Opportunities: How We Keep High-Quality Teachers Out of Urban Classrooms PDF, (407KB)
This report by The New Teacher Project analyzes data from four "hard-to-staff" urban districts in order to better understand hiring practices and their effect on applicant attrition and teacher quality in urban districts.

Selected Features from The Education Innovator

• The New Teacher Project Develops New Hiring Reform Model, November 17, 2003
• The Haberman Educational Foundation Helps School Districts Hire Quality Teachers and Principals for High-Need Students, February 23, 2004

Organizations

The New Teacher Project (TNTP)
This national non-profit organization works with school districts, colleges of education, and state departments of education to enhance their capacity to recruit, select, and train outstanding new teachers. The website describes the organization's efforts to develop programs to attract high-achieving individuals who want to make a difference in the lives of under-served children and to prepare those leaders to be successful in the classroom.

Troops to Teachers
Troops to Teachers is a U.S. Department of Education and Department of Defense program that helps eligible military personnel begin a new career as teachers in public schools where their skills, knowledge, and experience are most needed. This site includes information about a pilot program, Spouses to Teachers, which assists spouses of active duty military and Selected Reserves pursue K-12 teaching positions.

Western Governors University Teacher's College
This U.S. Department of Education-funded program provides competency-based degree and licensure programs in an on-line format for both current and aspiring teachers.