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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In “What’s the Alternative to a Well-Prepared Teacher?”—just published by the National Education Policy Center—my friends and colleagues Chris Goering and Bill McComas criticize the Arkansas Teacher ...

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 ...

With public schools facing a dearth of teachers and traditional teacher-training programs struggling to reverse a long-declining enrollment trend, for-profit companies offering “alternative ...

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 ...