Some key themes from Education Week's series of stories looking at the venerable teacher-placement organization.

The National Council on Teacher Quality examined how comprehensively each book covered certain instructional tenets.

Teachers are furious about benefit concessions, decrepit schools, and plans to split the district in two.

At least 12 states report issuing half or more of new certificates to out-of-state teachers.

Some state leaders say they don't plan to make changes; others are already on the record as favoring less rigid approaches.

A Minnesota panel must allow out-of-state teachers to earn licenses via a portfolio process.

Take a look at the most popular Teacher Beat items from 2015.

The fiscal 2016 spending bill doesn't include a policy rider to prevent the regulations from taking effect.

New York won't use state test scores in teachers' reviews for at least four years.

If teachers walk off the job, it will be the second strike in three years; Chicago teachers struck in 2012 for seven days.