Office of Teaching Initiatives

Articles Referencing the Troops to Teachers Program

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• Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES)
  Troops to Teachers PDF Briefing
  http://www.dantes.doded.mil/dantes_Web/library/docs/TTTBrief.Pdf
  
  
• The Washington Post
  A Challenging Redeployment
  Program Prepares Military Veterans for Tough Mission in Nation's Classrooms (June 4, 2009)
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/03/AR2009060303884.html
  
  
• USA Patriotism
  ‘Troops to Teachers’ Translates Military Experience to Classroom (July 17, 2008)
  http://www.usa-patriotism.com/articles/tv/troops_to_teachers.htm
  

• National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC)
  http://www.nasdtec.org/docs/Final_Report.pdf
  
  
• Final Report: Teachers on the Move: A Look at Teacher Mobility Policy and Practice (May 2008)
  http://www.nasdtec.org/docs/Final_Report.pdf
  
  
• The Public Agenda Organization
  Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Range Plans
  Issue No. 2: Working Without a Net: How Teachers from Three Prominent Alternate Route Programs Describe Their First Year on The Job (2007)
  http://www.publicagenda.com/files/pdf/lessons_learned_2.pdf
  
  
• The Civic Ventures Organization's Policy Series
  Troops to Teachers A Model Pathway to a Second Tour of Duty (2007)
  http://www.civicventures.org/publications/policy_papers/pdfs/troops_teach.pdf
  
  
• National Center for Education Information
  Profile of Troops to Teachers (August 2005)
  http://www.dantes.doded.mil/dantes_Web/library/docs/ttt/NCEI_TT_v3.pdf .
  
  
• CDW•G's Ed Tech Magazine
  A Second Tour of Duty Retired military personnel bring a new perspective to public school classrooms. (Summer 2005)
  http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/summer-2005/teaching-the-teacher.html
  
  
• CDW•G's Ed Tech Magazine
  History of a Teacher — Military Training Is Great Preparation for Teaching. (Summer 2005)
  http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/summer-2005/column-i.html.html
  
  
• The Business Council of New York State
  Education Policy (2005)
  http://www.bcnys.org/inside/educ/2005/engagenypol3.pdf
  
  
• University System of Maryland K-16 Outreach Committee
  A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom: Best Practices for Attracting and Recruiting Prospective Teachers (March 30, 2001)
  http://www.aacte.org/mntc/martp/bestprac.pdf