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Teacher Quality

For the first time, America now has national standards of excellence for master teachers who demonstrate exceptional performance. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, an independent, non-partisan group of teaching professionals, has developed standards for highly accomplished teachers. At the same time, quality concerns exist about teachers teaching out of their field and teachers not being given the training and time to acquire new skills to teach to high standards of excellence. Furthermore, the country will need a record 2 million teachers over the next 10 years as a result of increased enrollment and the retirement of teachers.

• Checklist: If your school needs to improve, what actions are needed?
• U.S. Department of Education Resources
• Sources of Assistance and Information
• Who's Doing It

This site last updated on November 5, 1998 by [TPC]