TQ Resources

Alternative Certification

Alternative Certification (BestTQ Vol. 1, No. 1, May 2001)

Are Alternative Certification Programs Good Enough? The Case of
NC TEACH (BestTQ Vol. 4, No. 3, November 2005)

No "Short Cuts" for Doing What Matters Most for Students (An article by Barnett Berry in Educational Leadership, Vol. 58 No. 8)

Colorado State University School of Education Project Promise (A review by the George Lucas Education Foundation of a post-bachelor's degree teacher licensure program for mid-career switchers)

Cincinnati's CITE Program praised as a model of Alternative Certification

Lateral Entry (One in a series of briefs on recruitment & retention prepared by CTQ for the Hunt Institute)

One Step Forward, Three Steps Backward: Alternative Certification Programs in Texas, Georgia, and Florida (An article from Educational Horizons)

Teaching: From a Nation at Risk to a Profession at Risk? (An article from Harvard Education Letter January/February 2003)

Teach for America on Hot Seat (an article from the Chicago Catalyst, September 2004)

Teach For America Study Reports Some Gains, but Obscures Failed Teaching Policies in Urban Schools (June 2004)

When Good Isn't Good Enough: Study Highlights Success -- and Failure -- of Teach For America Program (A column by Jay Matthews of the Washington Post)