Columbia, S.C. – State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman issued the following statement after being named a commissioner to the bipartisan National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future.

"I am honored to join a national dialogue on how we can recruit and retain the best teachers to lead our classrooms," said Spearman. "The NCTAF is an important partner facilitating ideas and improvements that help develop great teachers. I am proud to be part of this bipartisan effort to promote initiatives that will benefit South Carolina students by developing and keeping great teachers in their classrooms," concluded Spearman.

The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) was founded in 1994 as a bipartisan effort to engage education policymakers and practitioners to address the entrenched national challenge of recruiting, developing, and retaining great teachers in order to ensure that all students have access to quality teaching in schools organized for success. For 20 years, NCTAF has worked to drive and inform the national dialogue about the importance of great teaching, especially in hard-to-staff schools. NCTAF's research and recommendations inform innovations and improvements in teaching quality nationwide, focus attention on the importance of equitable distribution and retention of teachers, and promote promising practices for the development of teachers' skills and career pathways.

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