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May 2001 | Volume 58 | Number 8
Marge Scherer
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An authority on teacher expertise discusses ways to inspire more confidence in the profession.
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Linda Darling–Hammond
In times of shortage, what can states and districts do to retain the best teachers?
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Carol Tell
Teachers describe the moments that reveal why they stay in teaching.
Deborah Wadsworth
The Public Agenda's A Sense of Calling suggests that new teachers are far from apathetic about their new profession.
Chester E. Finn Jr. and Kathleen Madigan
The authors call for compressed training programs, flexible hiring policies, and more alternative routes for teacher candidates.
Barnett Berry
The author examines the flaws and weaknesses of alternative licensing programs.
How are alternative models like Teach for America doing in staffing high-needs schools?
Richard M. Ingersoll
What's behind the many mismatches between class assignments and teachers' coursework, and what can be done to correct the problem?
Greta Nagel and Penny Peterson
Required standardized tests can eliminate good candidates; multiple measures for assessing new teachers work best.
Dolores Boylston Bohen
Teachers undergoing the national certification process often perceive it as the best professional development of their career.
Ann E. Harman
How the National Board's standards are influencing teachers and the education system.
Susan Keiffer-Barone and Kathleen Ware
The Career-in-Teaching program offers performance-based compensation and a career ladder that allows teachers to advance at their own pace.
Virginia Resta, Leslie Huling and Nancy Rainwater
Project TRIP in Texas helps adults who are changing professions to meet the needs of students.
Olaf Jorgenson
How do we attract teachers from under-represented ethnic groups to teach our increasingly diverse students?
Flynn Ross
A program in Maine finds teacher candidates among the community's highly educated immigrant population.
David Alan Gilman and Barbara Lanman-Givens
Daunting tasks often deter would-be principals.
ElizaBeth McCay
How can a principal grow on the job?
Seung-Yoeun Yoo
A professor introduces observational portfolios to Korean educators.
Stanley Pogrow
John H. Holloway
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Kevin Davis and Lisa Bintrim
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