Teacher Recruitment

The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals - Singapore

C. M. Rubin | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: The Global Search for Education, C. M. Rubin, Singapore Education System, PISA Test, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Global Education, Professional Capital, Andy Hargreaves, Michael Fullan, Singapore National Institute of Education, Professional Teacher Development, Teacher Pay, Teacher Recruitment, Timss, Pak Tee Ng, Education News
C. M. Rubin

How does Singapore view the importance of a world-class teaching profession? How has its government responded? What progress has been made to date? What are Singapore's next steps to advance the teaching profession in the 21st century?

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WATCH: Arne Duncan Discusses The Need For More Minority Teachers

Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Teachers, Gap in Minority Teachers, teach.gov, Arne Duncan, Teacher Recruitment, Black-Teachers, Minority Teachers, Male Teachers, Perrys-Principles, Steve Perry, Minorities, Video, Education News

America needs a more diverse teaching force, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says. In an interview with CNN's Steve Perry, Duncan addressed the la...

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Arne Duncan, Spike Lee Urge More Black Men To Become Teachers

AP | DORIE TURNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Filmmaker Spike Lee joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan in issuing a call Monday for more black men to become teachers, making thei...

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Our Sputnik Moment, Revisited: Hire the Best and Brightest!

Fred Belmont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Public Education Reform, Teacher Recruitment, Arne Duncan Pisa, Pisa, Education Reform, PISA Test, Global Pisa, Education News
Fred Belmont

If America does not start today in filling its teacher ranks with the best and brightest students, in 10 years we may find our students are behind those in Kyrgyzstan.

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How to Find, Support, and Keep Good Teachers: A Recipe for Success

Alison Suffet Diaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Retention, Environmental Charter School, Teacher Recruitment, Education News
Alison Suffet Diaz

Our school is not simply lucky to have great teachers; finding them, supporting them, and keeping them is all by design, and serves as a blueprint for similar success.

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Arne Duncan Talks About 'Teach' Campaign To Recruit Educators (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Pay, Teachers, Arne Duncan, Teacher Recruitment, Teach-Campaign, Video, Education News

In an effort to recruit more teachers, the Department of Education recently launched the TEACH campaign. Duncan joined My Fox DC this morning to disc...

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U.S. Not Recruiting Top Applicants For Teaching, Study Finds

Education Week | Posted 05.25.2011

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Countries with the best-performing school systems largely recruit teachers from the top third of high school and college graduates, while the United S...

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White House Launches Teacher Recruitment Campaign

Posted 05.25.2011

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To inspire Americans to seek out employment opportunities in education, the White House launched the TEACH Campaign last week. According to the Teach...

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Overhyping Teach For America, Undercutting Millions of Students

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Teacher Retention, Thomas Friedman, Economy, Teacher Certification, Teacher, No Child Lief Behind, Uft, Nctaf, Teach for America, Tfa, National Commission on Teaching and America?S Future, Aft, Education, Quality Teachers, Alternative Route, Teacher Recruitment, School Reform, New York Times, Teacher Turnover, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Politics News
Dan Brown

I'm concerned that Teach for America is being propped up by many as a cure-all for America's education woes, when it is nothing of the kind.

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When Smart People Get It Sooo Wrong: Malcolm Gladwell's Solutions for American Education

Martin Carnoy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Test Scores, Inner City Schools, Student Achievement, New Teachers, Teacher Training, Teacher Recruitment, AIG Bailout, Teach for America, Teachers, Malcolm Gladwell, Pro Football, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

The assertion that we don't know what makes good teachers before trying them out for a few years while measuring their students' test gains is simply not true.

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McCain's Education Plan is Scary as Hell

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nea, John McCain, Early Childhood Education, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Community Schools, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Teacher Quality, Education, School Vouchers, Teacher Recruitment, Deregulation, School Choice, Head Start, Alan Greenspan, Education Reform, Election 2008, Free Market Ideology, Politics News
Dan Brown

Reforming America's inadequate public school system--a crucial priority for our country's future-- should not be undertaken with a failed ideology. Th...

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Obama Gets It on Education

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, John McCain, Education Week, Spending Freeze, School Vouchers, DC Public Schools, Teacher Recruitment, School Choice, Campaign K-12, Teach for America, Boston Teacher Residency, Barack Obama, Obama Education, Politics News
Dan Brown

Throughout the campaign, Obama has laid out workable plans to address our education crisis, but perhaps nowhere is his aim more dead-on than his campaign for recruiting and retaining good teachers.

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