Alternative certification for schoolteachers is booming: More than one out of every five new teachers is alternatively certified, and nearly every state allows teachers to forgo traditional ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- As school districts across the country continue to grapple with a teacher shortage, Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is ramping up efforts to recruit, retain and grow ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Throughout the Lowcountry and nationwide, schools are facing teaching shortages. Alternative teaching certification programs- of which there are multiple options- are ...

Lisa Ashmore became a teacher in Texas despite failing to meet one of the most basic requirements - having a bachelor's degree from an accredited university. Ashmore got her degree from Louisiana ...

A new national report credits alternative teacher certification programs for effectively filling teacher shortages. The report, released in September by the Dallas-based National Center for Policy ...

A study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and national Council on Teacher Quality concludes alternative teacher certification programs are proving to be more of a setback to education reform than an ...

In an effort to increase the number of certified math teachers in the local school districts Tomball College is offering an alternative certification program. The College program was approved May 2 by ...

HOUSTON – Teachers of Tomorrow is the nation’s largest alternative certification provider, where over 75,000 quality teachers have become certified. Wondering how to become a teacher with Teachers of ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Scholarship applications are open for Northeastern State University's Alternative Certification for Educators Institute, which provides coursework for non-education professionals to ...

Jack Oliver had a bachelor's degree in business management and two decades of technical training in the Coast Guard when he decided he wanted to teach in Maryland public schools. But to become a ...

Louisiana’s first alternative program to certify teachers of English learners will seek final approval Wednesday from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in hopes of addressing a shortage ...