Table of Contents:

Background (HTML) (PDF)

Executive Summary (HTML) (PDF)

Improving Teacher Quality and Enhancing the Teaching Profession

• Teacher and Principal Training and Recruitment Fund (HTML) (PDF)
• Innovative and Alternative Routes to Licensure: (HTML) (PDF)
  • Troops to Teachers
  • Transition to Teaching
  • Teach for America
• Teacher Quality in High Poverty Schools (HTML) (PDF)
• The "What Works Clearinghouse" (HTML) (PDF)
• Teacher Liability Protection (HTML) (PDF)
• Teacher Tax Deduction (HTML) (PDF)
• Expanded Loan Forgiveness (HTML) (PDF)
• New Funding Flexibility (HTML) (PDF)

Tools for Teachers in Specific Areas of Instruction

• Early Childhood Professional Development (HTML) (PDF)
• Early Reading Initiatives: (HTML) (PDF)
  • Early Reading First
  • Reading First
• Teaching English Language Learners (HTML) (PDF)
• Special Education Initiatives (HTML) (PDF)
  • Training for Teachers Serving Students with Disabilities
  • State Improvement Grants for Students with Disabilities
• Math and Science Partnerships (HTML) (PDF)
• Enhancing Education through Technology (HTML) (PDF)
• Teaching Traditional American History (HTML) (PDF)