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NCTR Welcomes Dr. Tina L. Fletcher as Board Member

December 1, 2025 – The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing, launching, supporting, and…
NCTR Awards Grants to 43 Teacher Residency Programs to Support Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Educators

September 9, 2025 -- The National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) is awarding $6 million in grants to 43 teacher…
NCTR Statement on the President’s Proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

June 2, 2025 -- On behalf of the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR), CEO Kathlene Campbell, Ph.D., issued the…
NCTR Opposes Decimation of the U.S. Department of Education

March 20, 2025 -- On behalf of the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR), CEO Kathlene Campbell, Ph.D., issued the…
Federal Court Orders Terminated Teacher Preparation Grants Reinstated for AACTE, NCTR & MACTE Members

March 17, 2025 -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled in favor of AACTE (American Association…

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EdWeek: 4 Things to Know About the Messy Landscape of Grow-Your-Own Teacher Prep

October 28, 2024 --It costs a lot to become a teacher. The educational burden on would-be teachers has grown in…
Inside Higher Ed: Innovative Teacher-Prep Programs Aim to Fix K-12 Shortages

July 24, 2024 -- Enrollment in teacher-preparation programs is still about 45 percent lower than in 2010, but there are…
EdWeek: Teachers’ Unions are Starting Teacher-Prep Programs

May 14, 2024 -- The Washington Education Association is in its first year of overseeing a teacher residency program, in…
EdWeek: What Teachers of Color Say They Need Most

December 15, 2023 -- The National Center for Teacher Residencies' (NCTR) Black Educators Initiative (BEI) was highlighted in an opinion…
American Progress: Hawkins Centers of Excellence at Minority-Serving Institutions are Boosting Teacher Diversity

October 19, 2023 -- The United States is facing a rapidly worsening teacher shortage. In fact, the latest data show that shortages…