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Given my association with the Division for Learning Disabilities, it’s no suprise that there are materials on TeachingLD.org about highly qualified teachers, but there are many other resources, too. Here is a selection of sites discussing HQ:

Government:

• The US government has precis of the requirements as well as the actual language (PDF) about the topic.
• Many states in the US have pages; these are some of them: Alabama; California; Illinois; Louisiana; Massachusetts Michgan (PPT); Missouri; North Dakota; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Virginia’s Stafford County; West Virginia;

Advocacy:

• The Council for Exceptional Children has resources, too, including a PDF about requirements and another that’s an FAQ.
• The US National Education Association has a page recounting the definition of HQ and a chart providing perspective on what constitutes HQ special education teachers.
• American Federation of Teachers’ materials.
• The American Federation for the Blind has a worthwhile take on the topic.
• On Wrightslaw, Pete and Pam Wright have a Q-&-A about HQrequirements (how’s that for some acronyms?) and an article about New Hampshire (US) teachers of students with MR being eligible to teach with meeting the HQ requirement.

News:

• Maudlyne Ihejirika’s article for the Chicago Sun Times about the risks of HQ for special education.

Please post other resources about which you know.