The National Center for Education Information has concluded, «Individuals who have entered
teaching through alternate routes at older ages are more inclined to stay in teaching for longer than people entering teaching in their early - to - late 20s and 30s.»
According to Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2011, a report from of the National Center for Education Information, 16 % of the nation's public school teachers entered the profession
through an alternate route like the one Cruzan followed.
During the 2009 - 10 school year, teachers
prepared through an alternate route accounted for 10 percent of those attempting to pass a performance assessment in California, a requirement before earning a credential.
The simplicity of jumping to a ladder to climb right in front of you may at times prove twice more deadly than taking your time to
traverse through an alternate route only slightly out of your direct path that you didn't bother to entertain at first glance.
On the other hand, the LPP was born from the crisis law students had in finding articling positions in Ontario and the LPP provides an opportunity for those who don't want to or can not find articles to make their way into the
bar through an alternate route.
The NCEI's recent analysis found that, «compared with recent college graduates who come into teaching from a traditional teacher preparation program, those entering teaching through alternate routes
It is now possible to provide some answers to these questions by exploring the relative effectiveness of recently hired New York City public school teachers who entered the
profession through alternate routes.