Ostensibly, the two extremes of the school spectrum--urban and rural--are having the most challenges filling positions with
highly qualified teachers.
Based on somewhat sketchy - and now out-of-date - counts by individual districts, 82 percent of classes last spring were being taught by teachers who meet the new federal definition of "
highly qualified."
Every state missed the deadline in having 100 percent
highly qualified teachers by the end of this past school year.
NEA officials have also claimed the
highly qualified provision has changed various times since the law was enacted over four years ago.
Then you have to find
highly qualified people who do what you're looking for and are a good fit for your district.
"This final plan is the result of more than a year of remarkable collaboration with City and State agencies, a
highly qualified team of consultants and task force members, including Flushing business and community leaders and local elected officials," said Andrew M.
Department of Education (ED) of its intention to carefully and thoughtfully revise its
Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) plan with the aim of achieving the goal set in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of having all teachers meet
highly qualified (HQ) requirements by the end of the 2006-2007 school year.
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highly qualified teacher in every classroom.
FNIS, the nation's most comprehensive source for real estate-related technology, data, solutions and services, announced the introduction of Lead Locator(TM), a flexible web-based lead generation tool that searches FNIS' proprietary national real property database for
highly qualified mortgage leads.
