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America's Teacher Corps (ATC)

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Description

A proposed federal programme to recognize highly effective K–12 public school teachers and provide eligible teachers, especially those in high-poverty Title I schools, with recognition, salary supplements, and a portable credential.

Components

  • America's Teacher Corps (ATC) program element: America's Teacher Corps is a proposed federal program element for recognizing and rewarding teaching excellence. Membership would be open to "Highly effective K-12 public school teachers" documented through district or state evaluation systems complying with federal standards. Members would receive visible recognition, and those serving in high-poverty Title I schools would receive a salary supplement and a portable credential. The program is proposed, not implemented or evaluated, in this publication. (Steven Glazerman et al. (2010))

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Key Sources

  • Steven Glazerman, Dan Goldhaber, Susanna Loeb, Douglas O. Staiger, Grover J. Whitehurst. (2010). America's Teacher Corps. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/research/americas-teacher-corps
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