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Produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, this summary report reviews the research on California National Board Certified teachers and presents their attitudes about and perceptions of the certification process and its usefulness.
This report, produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, provides data and projections on the teacher shortage in California and the continuing concentration of the state's underprepared teachers in schools serving poor and minority students.
This summary report, produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, provides data and projections on the teacher shortage in California and the continuing concentration of the state's underprepared teachers in schools serving poor and minority students.
This report, written by Camille Esch, Patrick Shields, and Viki Young for the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, argues that California needs improved coordination of separate agency efforts to link these datasets.
This brief, produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, examines the education and experience levels of California's underprepared teachers and compares them with those of certificated teachers.
School board associations in four states — California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas — commissioned this broad-based report about K-12 education along La Frontera, the United States/Mexico border, to identify common issues and questions facing the region's school districts.