An ad hoc committee under the auspices of BHEW and BOSE will conduct a 15-month fast-track study of the changing structure of the K-12 teacher workforce and the implications of such change for teacher pre-service and in-service education. The study will examine a number of issues within three research questions: • The Landscape of K-12 Education: How have the demographics of the K-12 teacher workforce changed over the past 10-20 years? How have the expectations of K-12 education shifted, in terms of the knowledge and skills students are expected to develop, and how are those changes reflected in the expectations of teachers? What do the current workforce demographics and current and expectations of the teacher workforce suggest about how the future workforce will change?
• The Implications of the Changing Landscape for Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education: What does the changing nature of the teacher workforce mean for the way higher education and other providers address K-12 teacher pre-service and in-service education? These changes may include the effects of requirements and credentials for teachers, teacher evaluation, incentive and salary structures, teacher mobility, teacher career structures, demographic composition, recruitment and retention, and the effect of education standards. • Taking Teacher Education Programs and Practices to Scale: In light of the current and anticipated structural changes in the teacher workforce, how can effective models, programs, and practices for teacher education (including principles from deeper learning) be sustained and expanded?