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Public Agrees on Poll That Better Teacher Preparation Is Needed

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:45:11 +0000

From the recent release of the PDK/Gallup poll on education, 81% of those surveyed thought that teachers should be required to pass board certification before teaching. As The Atlantic noted, a national certification exam for teachers already exists, although it is not required for every teacher. The poll results started up a discussion among educators on how U.S. teacher preparation could be improved. The American Federation of Teachers and the

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CA Ruling on Teacher Tenure Stirs Arguments on Teacher Effectiveness

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:21:11 +0000

How can we judge if a teacher should be tenured? This question was raised by many news sites last week when a California judge ruled that teacher tenure “impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.” As the reasoning went in Vergara v. California, teacher tenure currently keeps many ineffective teachers in schools and changing the tenure system would benefit student success. The ruling also stirred up passionate discussion

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