Alternative certification for schoolteachers is booming: More than one out of every five new teachers is alternatively certified, and nearly every state allows teachers to forgo traditional ...

Lisa Ashmore became a teacher in Texas despite failing to meet one of the most basic requirements - having a bachelor's degree from an accredited university. Ashmore got her degree from Louisiana ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Throughout the Lowcountry and nationwide, schools are facing teaching shortages. Alternative teaching certification programs- of which there are multiple options- are ...

A new national report credits alternative teacher certification programs for effectively filling teacher shortages. The report, released in September by the Dallas-based National Center for Policy ...

A Houston for-profit company thinks it has a cure for South Carolina's chronic teacher shortage. Teachers of Tomorrow, an outgrowth of Texas Teachers for Tomorrow, says it has helped certify more than ...

The Central New York Alternative Teacher Certification Program (CNY ATC) is a fully grant-funded initiative that leads candidates to New York State Teacher Certification in high-need fields (Special ...

West Virginia lawmakers are working to pass bills that address teacher shortages by creating alternative paths to teacher certification. The House of Delegates recently passed two bills allowing ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Experts at Michigan State University released a new report showing the expansion of alternative route programs, which has increased the number of certified teachers throughout ...

Jack Oliver had a bachelor's degree in business management and two decades of technical training in the Coast Guard when he decided he wanted to teach in Maryland public schools. But to become a ...

The Central New York Alternative Teacher Certification (CNY ATC) program is a fully grant-funded program that offers a pathway to New York State Initial Teacher Certification. It is designed for ...