Teachers who enter the education profession through alternative certification routes are 83 percent more likely to turn over than those who choose traditional teacher programs. (ascd.org)
American Federation of Teachers president Sandra Feldman voiced her concerns about the quality of alternative certification routes in Ignoring Standards, a column she wrote in August 1998. (educationworld.com)
The study finds that the gap between the qualifications of NYC teachers in high - poverty and low - poverty NYC schools has narrowed substantially since 2000, mostly ensuing from the city's concentrated effort to match exceptionally capable teachers with very needy students and the virtual substitution of newly hired uncertified teachers in high - poverty schools with new hires from alternative certification routes: NYC Teaching Fellows and Teach for America. (caldercenter.org)