Utah Learning Resource Center:Web Resources

Utah State University's TeacherLink

ED TECH TOOLS (QuizCenter Online)
AskERIC
Classroom Connection
Global School Net
Integrating the Internet
Teachnet
The Internet Schoolhouse
School Net
Busy Teachers' WebSite

Special Education

http://www.mcrel.org/products/policy%2Dbriefs/quality.asp

Find the paper, "Improving Teacher Quality: Issues and Policies".

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/1999080.htm

Promising Practices: New Ways to Improve Teacher Quality (1998), published by the U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/inits/teachers/promote.html

U.S. Department of Education homepage on Teacher Quality.

http://depts.washington.edu/ctpmail/states_summary.html

"What States Are Doing to Improve the Quality of Teaching: A Brief Review of Current Patterns and Trends", from The Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy

http://www.aft.org/edissues/teacherquality/tchrqualreso.htm

The American Federation of Teacher’s homepage addressing teacher quality.

http://www.nea.org/teaching/shortage.html

The National Education Association’s "Teacher Quality Factsheet"

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs99/1999080.htm

Contains the findings of a 1999 National Center for Education Statistics report, Teacher Quality: A Report on the Preparation and Qualifications of Public School Teachers.

http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc00/

Download a copy of Quality Counts 2000, Education Week’s 50-state report answers the following question: What are states doing to attract, screen, and keep good teachers?

http://www.edexcellence.net/better/teachers.html

Read the 1999 report, The Quest for Better Teachers: Grading the States, by the Fordham Foundation.

http://www.doe.mass.edu/tqe/

The Teacher Quality Enhancement Office at the Massachusetts Department of Education is committed to strengthening Massachusetts' future teaching force by developing alternative paths to certification for new teachers, providing incentives to attract the best and the brightest from all walks of life into the teaching profession, providing a variety of supports to new teachers when they enter the classroom, and creating incentives for veteran teachers to continue to grow professionally.

http://www.rnt.org/

Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. (RNT) is a national non-profit organization which was formed in 1986 to raise esteem for teaching, expand the pool of prospective teachers, and improve the nation's teacher recruitment and development policies and practices.

http://www.recruitingteachers.org/

Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. is host to the National Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse, designed to provide a "one-stop shop" to help meet the challenges of recruiting and placing a qualified teacher in every school classroom nationwide. Start-up costs for the Clearinghouse were provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Clearinghouse serves as a gateway to job banks that list openings for teachers. It also provides resources for certified teachers seeking jobs and for school districts seeking qualified teachers. In addition, the Clearinghouse provides resources for individuals interested in becoming teachers and offers school districts and states strategies for improving teacher recruitment and retention.

Last Modified: 2/25/2002