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May 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 8
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Controversies concerning teacher preparation abound. Which trends will create lasting changes?
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Richard Ingersoll and Lisa Merrill
Is the teaching force graying or greening? And is it becoming better prepared?
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Pam Grossman and Susanna Loeb
Alternative certification programs have both benefits and drawbacks.
Ellen Behrstock–Sherratt and Jane G. Coggshall
The influx of many young teachers will undoubtedly change the profession.
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Renee Moore and Barnett Berry
Teachers predict the new roles they hope to realize.
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How Moodle, Twitter, and wikis are transforming how teachers learn.
Susan Moore Johnson and John P. Papay
The authors propose a tiered pay structure that rewards initiative and career growth.
Morgaen L. Donaldson
Three school systems make concrete changes to their evaluation systems.
Elena Silva
New staffing and scheduling models improve teacher effectiveness.
Joseph Semadeni
A rural Wyoming district pilots a program to help teachers learn new instructional strategies
Celine Coggins, Sarah Zuckerman and Lee Anne McKelvey
The Teach Plus Fellows program finds that first-stage teachers want feedback.
Susan G. Hanson
How mentoring shifts the perspectives of experienced teachers.
Jane L. David
Robert J. Marzano
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A state tackles a redesign to ensure standards-aligned teacher evaluation.
Heather Lattimer, Mary McBride and Diana Combs
Novices and veteran teachers discuss what they learned from working together.
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Beginning teachers identify what helped and hindered them during their first year.
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