What’s the best way to train and certify teachers?
With education schools under attack and growing numbers of teachers entering the profession through alternative certification programs, New York State may be poised to allow programs like Teach for...
View ArticleRecess round-up: July 8, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Teacher training: The Answer Sheet‘s Valerie Strauss interprets an independent report on Teach For America....
View ArticleRecess round-up: July 30, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! At-risk youth: A teacher reflects on teaching at a detention facility in Alaska. (Associated Press via Albany...
View ArticleRecess round-up: August 23, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Charter schools: A mainstay in New Jersey’s poorest cities, charter schools are competing for funds against...
View ArticleRecess round-up: September 2, 2010
A daily dose of education news around the nation – just in time for a little mid-day break! Change agent: A profile of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (Christian Science Monitor) Improving...
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Federal court rules that teachers-in-training don’t count as ‘highly qualified’
After three years of court dates, appeals and petitions, Public Advocates, a nonprofit group based in San Francisco, scored a major victory yesterday when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that...
View ArticleTeachers-in-training deemed ‘highly qualified’ by Congress
Congress was busy the week before Christmas, capping off a legislative session that saw the most laws passed since the 1960s. In the final days of the lame-duck Congress, the Senate and House passed...
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