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Credentialing

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing sets standards for teacher training programs in public colleges and universities, establishes requirements for teacher credentialing, enforces professional practices and disciplines credential holders.
November 17, 2015

Poll: California voters say state must take action to address teacher shortage

The majority describe the shrinking supply of teachers as “very serious.”

Louis Freedberg
November 17, 2015

California's emerging teacher shortage: A Field Poll commissioned by EdSource and the Learning Policy Institute

John Osborn D'Agostino
October 6, 2015

Beginning teachers need support – without having to pay for it

Ellen Moir
September 29, 2015

Report: California must do more to prepare early educators

Preschool teachers receive less pay and training than their K-12 counterparts.

Sarah Tully
July 30, 2015

Districts urged to step up for next generation of teachers

A new report suggests creating partnerships and job pipelines.

John Fensterwald
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
July 12, 2015

Aspire sees opportunity to grow teacher residencies

Charter school system envisions creating a university to grant degrees.

John Fensterwald
June 19, 2015

State to spend a half billion dollars to promote 'teacher effectiveness'

Funding is 50 times what the governor initially proposed in the budget.

Louis Freedberg
May 21, 2015

New California teaching credentials decline for 10th successive year

At the same time, the number of short-term and provisional permits increased.

Katherine Ellison And Louis Freedberg
January 9, 2015

Gov. Brown targets teacher preparation

Gov. Jerry Brown ventured Friday for the first time during his governorship into the challenge of preparing -- and retaining -- teachers. The issue has received relatively short shrift in the raft of reforms being implemented in California schools.

Louis Freedberg
December 2, 2014

Impact of teacher preparation rules unclear

The Obama administration last week announced draft regulations to evaluate the effectiveness of more than 2,000 teacher preparation programs nationwide, but how exactly they would apply to California is unclear.

Louis Freedberg
October 31, 2014

Preparing new teachers to implement reforms

Louis Freedberg
October 9, 2014

Teacher preparation enrollments plummet

Enrollments in teacher preparation programs in California are continuing to decline at a precipitous rate, according to new figures from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Between the 2001-02 and 2012-13 school years, enrollments in teacher preparation programs dropped 74 percent.

Louis Freedberg
October 8, 2014

EdSource Report: Preparing effective teachers

The crucial challenges of recruiting, preparing and retaining teachers has gotten short shrift in the reform debates over the last few years, despite the fact that effective teachers will be crucial to the success of a range of current reforms.

Louis Freedberg
July 10, 2014

Military instructors granted PE authorization

After showing up for four rounds of meetings at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing – and sending 866 letters of opposition to Sacramento last month alone – physical education teachers lost the fight to prevent military instructors from being able to earn a new special teaching authorization in physical education.

Jane Meredith Adams