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Statistics in Brief: Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, Fall 1996
NCES: 97944
February 1997

Teacher Training

Teacher training in advanced telecommunications was mandated by the school or district or required by teacher certification agencies in 13 percent of schools, while in about half of schools it was left up to teachers to initiate participation in advanced telecommunications training (51 percent; Table 6). Thirty-one percent of schools offered incentives to encourage teachers to participate in advanced telecommunications training.