Teacher Excellence: Recruitment and Training. Hearings before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources and the Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities. United States Senate. One Hundred First Congress, Second Session (Washington, DC, January 30, February 22, and March 2, 1990; Providence, RI, February 16, 1990).

These hearings addressed three measures introduced to the Senate: the Excellence in Teaching Act, S. 1675; the National Teacher Act of 1989, S. 1676; and the Teacher's Professional Development Act, S. 498. The key provisions of the bills focus on: (1) addressing the teacher shortage through a revitalized Teacher Corps Program providing scholarships to college and graduate students who agree to teach for 5 years after graduation; (2) placing special emphasis on training teachers in areas of urgent need, such as math, science, bilingual education, special education, and early childhood education; (3) encouraging minority recruitment through magnet schools, residential summer institutes for disadvantaged high school students, education programs at historically black colleges and universities, and improved coordination between two- and four-year institutions; and (4) providing inservice training through professional development academies and offering a range of incentives for teachers to continue in the profession. (JD)