All indications are that Congress is going to extend the alt cert program, but if it doesn't it would affect tons
of alt cert teachers in LAUSD, which has a big TFA program and a bunch of other nontraditional programs and routes (see here).
TFA makes up just 10 percent
of alt cert teachers nationally.
Not exact matches
The win for struggling students: Alternative certification — or
alt cert, in the argot
of policymakers — is designed to increase the number
of minorities, career - changers and teachers with specialized training in instructional strategies to close the achievement gap.
This year, for the first time, researchers there did a pilot study
of «
alt -
cert» programs as well.