The path to becoming a teacher in California might seem daunting, but the agency tasked with certifying the state’s public school educators wants to help demystify the process. The California ...

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has launched a Roadmap to Teaching initiative that helps guide potential educators through the process of earning a credential. A digital tool on its ...

January 15, 2026 - We visited Heather Povinelli in her Monrovia classroom, where we spoke about how she got back into teaching, how she creates an inclusive classroom, and what she learned conducting ...

Faced with alarming teacher shortages, Virginia agreed last month agreed to partner with a for-profit online teacher credentialing company, hoping to get more teachers into classrooms faster and ...

The most populous state in the nation is revamping how it credentials teachers to teach reading, replacing a test that has served as a controversial gatekeeper for teacher-candidates for more than 25 ...

Savannah, left, a student at Navigator Elementary School in Rancho Cordova, hugs teacher Elizabeth Johnson on the first day back to school Aug. 8, 2023. Hector Amezcua hamezcua@sacbee.com The path to ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators have poured billions of dollars of state money into special grants and programs to recruit, train and retain educators in order to ease the state’s ...

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