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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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AACTE and NCTR File Lawsuit to Protect Federal Funding for Educator Preparation Programs
Lawsuit Seeks to End the Unlawful Termination of More than 100 U.S. Department of Education Grants (March 3, 2025, Washington,…
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Recent News
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RTR Celebrates 15 Years of Preparing Aspiring Teachers
November 4, 2025 -- The RTR Teacher Residency Program has reached a milestone of 15 years of recruiting, preparing, and…
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NCTR Brings Together Leaders to Strengthen Teacher Preparation
November 4, 2025 -- In October, NCTR welcomed representatives from 13 states—including state agencies, school districts, charter networks, higher education…
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A Message About Transforming Teacher Preparation
October 7, 2025 -- As we continue working together to transform educator preparation in the U.S., one truth remains clear:…
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A Message from the CEO
September 9, 2025 -- As we step into a new academic year, I am filled with a deep sense of…
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A Message About Teacher Residencies and Teacher Registered Apprenticeship Programs
August 5, 2025 -- The federal landscape on education has continued to significantly shift. Despite this shift, teacher residency programs…
NCTR In the News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…