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By Vicky Schreiber Dill, Ph.D. and Delia Stafford Johnson - 10.19.09
Starting with Research-based Selection.  The teacher shortage and the drain of qualified people out of the public schools at a rate of about 50% every three years has not abated.  Conversations like this are heard around the nation in site-based teams, grade level meetings, small schools where everyone is involved in hiring, and at all levels. 

When successful teachers of at-risk youth stay on the job and teach all children-what do we see?  That was the question of a lifetime for Dr. Martin Haberman, now Distinguished Professor of Education at The University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. 

by Vicky S. Dill, Ph.D. Delia Stafford-Johnson - February 6, 2001
Sixth in a series. Knowledge and consistent use of a research-based interview such as The Haberman Star Teacher Interview discussed in the Fifth in the Series will help principals and hiring teams avoid fatal hiring decisions.

Section III: Special Concerns of Children in Poverty
Delia Stafford and Vicky Dill
The large numbers of children affected by poverty feel overwhelming: fifteen million children live in poverty in our country.1 That figure is probably low. We are failing these millions of children miserably:

Delia Stafford-Johnson and Vicky S. Dill, Ph.D.,
No matter. Alternative Certification has a proven record and school districts and universities throughout the states, boast such programs.

Michael F. Shaughnessy
Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University
Delia Stafford
Haberman Foundation
As is well known, there is a teacher shortage, 2 million by 2010. Teachers have always been held accountable for a wide variety of students, nothing new.

Senior Columnist EducationNews.org
Michael F. Shaughnessy and Delia Stafford
In education, we have books, journal, pamphlets, articles, speeches and newspaper articles. Apparently, over time, we have people who are " in the know " about education, and those others, who are anachronistic, and whose views, while once relevant, are now outdated. Who are these noted individuals and their anachronistic views?

Vicky S. Dill, Ph.D. & Delia Stafford-Johnson - We read that in the next several years, in order to avoid losing billions in federal aid, schools like Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will need to find and credential as many as 15,000 teachers

Vicky Schreiber Dill and Delia Stafford Johnson - The Sadism of “Sacred” Text.  The reason why there are so many different denominations, sects, and cults among almost any religion in the world which claims a sacred text is that nearly anything can be proven by using that text and by patching together sections of it as the author finds it meets his or her beliefs or needs.