National Center for Teacher Transformation
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FLDOE Teacher Data: For the number of students graduating from state approved college of education programs in Florida, please reference "Trends in the Supply of New Teachers in Florida."

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC): Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.

Teacher Quality: U. S. Department of Education is supporting the nation's teachers with this outreach program. Please visit the site for more information on the teacher quality initiative.

Schoolmatters.com compiles data on schools, districts and states across the country from state departments of education, the National Center for Education Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau and testing vendors.

Project Eagle Project Eagle is a multi-year strategic initiative by St. Petersburg College to build a national model for increasing access to four-year degrees and workforce training for students attending community colleges.

Literacy Research Institute The mission of the Literacy Research Institute (LRI) is to conduct research and disseminate the findings on current trends in literacy for secondary education, with the goal of introducing effective research-based methods and practices into secondary schools.

St. Petersburg College's National Center for Teacher Transformation (NCTT) provides the resource information below via several databases from across the nation. The site also includes an overview, mission, and initiatives of the NCTT; a discussion board and additional resources for best practices.
State Partnerships for Quality Teacher Preparation
The Education Commission of the States and the National Center for Teacher Transformation (NCTT) at St. Petersburg College in Florida examined several questions as part of a project to provide policymakers and education leaders with information and resources on how stronger partnerships between school districts and postsecondary education institutions can drive continuous improvement in both teacher education and teacher quality. This initiative was funded by the NCTT at St. Petersburg College via a grant from the U.S. Department of Education... Read more
Students Steered Towards Science
Teacher Magazine -- Eighth-graders Madison Pinsinski and Olivia Wilkerson are delivering a PowerPoint presentation on automation and systems to a dozen classmates as part of a new curriculum called Project Lead The Way, designed to inspire a future generation of engineers... Read more
It's Being Done: Academic Success in Unexpected Schools

Harvard Education Press -- Fifty-five years after the historic Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the gaps separating poor from rich and minority from white are narrower than ever before. And more schools are proving that all children can and do achieve at high levels when educators have high expectations for them...Read more
Hong Kong's Math Found More Difficult Than Massachusetts

Education Week -- A host of recent studies have examined how U.S. students' mathematics skills compare against those of their foreign peers. Now, a new analysis probes a more precise question: How does the math covered in the highest-ranking American state stack up against that of a top-scoring international performer?... Read more
More Articles

-- Governors Report Shows Teacher Quality Lacking - The Bulletin
-- The Teacher Workforce: Bigger vs. Better - Fordham Institute
-- The Condition of Education 2009 - NCES
-- Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut - Hoover Institution
-- Supreme Court to Address Special-Education Students - NY Times
-- Students Relying on Loans Wonder Whether Forgiveness Will Last - NY Times

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For Further Information about NCTT, Call, E-Mail or Write:

Adeniji A. Odutola, Ph.D.
Director

Thomas E. Furlong, Jr., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President

Carl M. Kuttler, Jr., J. D.
St Petersburg College President

Kay Burniston, MPA
Associate Vice President
St. Petersburg College National Center for Teacher Transformation (NCTT) Baccalaureate Programs, P.O.Box 13489 St. Petersburg, Florida 33733

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