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Teacher Quality

Teacher Quality

Advancing Quality Teaching - Ensuring Quality Learning


Highlights:

  • Statement of Dennis Van Roekel
    NEA president Dennis Van Roekel testified before the House Education and Labor Committee on September 30 on ensuring effective teachers for all children. His testimony highlighted NEA’s new report, “Children of Poverty Deserve Great Teachers."
  • Common Core Standards
    The first official draft of the Common Core Standards for College and Career Readiness has been released. It includes standards in English-language arts and mathematics for grades K-12.
  • Children of Poverty Deserve Great Teachers
    An NEA-CTQ report on staffing high-needs schools with highly skilled teachers – the teachers essential to helping children of poverty reach 21st century learning goals.
  • Strengthening and Diversifying the Teacher Recruitment Pipeline
    Four strategies to increase the supply of teachers in high-need areas.
  • National Board Certification Resources
    Includes Web sites, FAQs, and the 2009-2010 NEA-AFT Candidate's Guide to National Board Certification.

NEA Is Committed to Improving Teacher Quality

NEA works with researchers, educators, and policymakers to assure a qualified, competent, caring educator in every public school classroom in the United States. NEA is committed to teacher quality in every critical component of the teacher development continuum, including


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