Attracting additional teachers and preparing them to be truly excellent is arguably the single biggest lever policymakers can use to demonstrate their commitment to high-quality public schools. Credit ...

Teachers are not coming out of the nation's colleges of education ready, according to a study released Tuesday by U.S.News & World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality. The U.S. spends ...

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that only one in eight elementary teacher preparation programs nationwide devote enough time to teaching fundamental math content ...

Three of Maine’s public universities received failing grades in 2023 for one of the most critical things they do: prepare future educators to teach kids how to read. The National Council on Teacher ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

California issued fewer K-12 teaching credentials for a second year in a row and fewer students enrolled in teacher preparation programs during the 2022-23 school year, exacerbating the state’s ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — A national report that evaluates teacher-preparation programs found several of Arizona State University’s programs are among the best in the nation. The National Council on Teacher ...

Keene State College’s Undergraduate Elementary Teacher Preparation Program was named among the top in the country for contributing to greater teacher diversity by the National Council on Teacher ...

Minnesota is pushing to build a diverse teacher workforce to better match its student demographics, with the goal of increasing the number of teachers of color by 2% per year. That pursuit now faces ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Council on Teacher Quality rated three Maine universities poorly in 2023 for how they prepared educators to teach ...