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Success Stories: What some Districts are doing to attract and retain qualified teachers

Why Teacher Quality and a Credential Matter

Too Many Beginning Teachers?

Why Teacher Recruitment Alone Won't Solve the Problem

The Problem with out of field teachers in high schools and middle schools

Leading Troubled Schools to the Tipping Point: A Reform Proposal for low-performing, hard to staff schools

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California and the Federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). All teachers in high-poverty schools must be "highly qualified" by 2005-06. Will California meet this deadline?

Exclusive Report. See what California's 10 largest school districts are doing to ensure their students have access to "highly qualified" teachers. Conversations with Human Resource administrators.

Frequently Asked Questions about the TQI. Answers to questions like, What is the TQI and how is it calculated? Is a credentialed teacher a qualified teacher?