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Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2013
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) received funding from National Science Foundation's (NSF) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to recruit Noyce Scholars from upper-division science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors, graduate students, and professionals switched to STEM teaching from other fields (NSF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Scholarships, Graduate Students
Lyttle, LeighAnne – Online Submission, 2011
This literature review seeks to find if the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 has produced more qualified teachers since before its enactment. The impact of the NCLB on student achievement and teacher quality needs have been examined since there have been 10 years after the law was enacted. Only 11% reported that the NCLB highly qualified…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Credentials, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Competencies
Schmitt, Lisa; Malerba, Catherine; Cornetto, Karen; Bush-Richards, Angela – Online Submission, 2008
This report contains results from focus groups conducted with teachers in the first year of the AISD REACH strategic compensation program pilot. [For Report 1, see ED627936.]
Descriptors: School Districts, Compensation (Remuneration), Student Educational Objectives, Teacher Recruitment
Malerba, Catherine; Bush-Richards, Angela; Schmitt, Lisa – Online Submission, 2008
This report describes findings from the principal focus group conducted the first year of the AISD REACH program. [For Report 2, see ED628033.]
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
Singh, Delar K.; Stoloff, David L. – Online Submission, 2007
In the USA, the number of school age children who represent minority backgrounds is rapidly growing. However, despite several efforts, the teaching force remains primarily White. The purpose of this paper is to describe a residential future teachers program in Connecticut which recruits minority rising juniors and seniors from high schools across…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, Minority Group Children, Diversity (Faculty), Racial Composition