Tag: California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

August 10, 2017

Undergraduate education major, banned for 56 years, returns

Colleges will have another option for a 4-year path to a teaching credential.

John Fensterwald

April 5, 2017

Outside the limelight, rural schools face challenges in finding, and keeping, teachers

Many are filling the gap with intern teachers and those with short-term permits.

Fermin Leal

February 8, 2017

Worsening teacher shortage puts more underprepared teachers in classrooms, report says

Amid the state's teacher shortage, California issued more than 10,200 intern credentials, permits and waivers to underprepared teachers so they could work in classrooms in 2015-16.

Fermin Leal

December 20, 2016

State awards $20 million in grants to help more school employees become teachers

School employees in 25 school districts or county offices of education who want to become teachers are eligible to receive annual grants of up to $4,000 as part of an effort to add more teachers to the workforce.

Fermin Leal

December 8, 2016

College campuses to receive $8 million to boost teacher-prep programs

The grants support programs that allow students to get a bachelor's degree and teaching credential in four years.

Fermin Leal and John Fensterwald

November 30, 2016

State’s teacher shortage hitting ‘alarming rates’ for 2016-17, new survey says

Among the 211 districts that participated in the survey, 75 percent indicated having a shortage of qualified teachers for the current school year.

Fermin Leal

September 30, 2016

California's largest school districts use aggressive tactics to find teachers

Most of California's largest school districts filled nearly all their job openings.

Fermin Leal and Pat Maio

August 23, 2016

New computer science course's challenge is finding qualified teachers to teach it

One-fifth of California high schools will offer the course this year

Pat Maio

May 13, 2016

Despite revenue warning, school funding will rise

Most additional money would feed Local Control Funding Formula.

John Fensterwald

April 4, 2016

Number of new math and science teachers declining in California

The state has long struggled with a shortage of math and science teachers.

Pat Maio

February 29, 2016

Renewed call to create statewide teacher database

The Legislative Analyst's Office says a lack of data on teachers creates a policy vacuum.

John Fensterwald

February 12, 2016

Credentialing commission pursuing plan for new longer term teacher permit

Substitutes filling in for teachers on leave would be able to stay longer.

Louis Freedberg

January 14, 2016

Teacher misconduct investigations to be focus of state audit

The auditor will examine teacher discipline practices in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Jane Meredith Adams

December 13, 2015

California approves tougher teacher training standards to help mainstreaming

Teacher preparation programs will have new curriculum by 2017-18, the state says.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 14, 2015

California's dwindling teacher supply rattling districts' nerves

Some districts are hiring more teachers with provisional credentials.

Katherine Ellison and John Fensterwald