Sobering History
Israel. Lebanon. What’s going on? Yesterday, a group of us gathered around to debate what it all means. We agreed on some things, disagreed on others. I think we settled on the fact that the histories...
View ArticleTeacher Certification Smack-Down
I’m debating David Ritchie, Executive Director of the Association of Teacher Educators, over at Edspresso this week. The topic is teacher certification–he’s for, I’m against, although I think the...
View ArticleTeacher Certification Ultimate Fighting Championship
Round 2 between me and David Ritchey, in the eight-sided ring.
View ArticleTeacher Certification Brouhaha
Day 3, at Edspresso. Ritchey and Carey duel over Teach For America, whether or not teacher certification has entered the 21st–or even 20th–Century. Carey lays down an evidentiary challenge.
View ArticleTeacher Certification Slug-Fest, Final Rounds
Days 4&5 of my back-and-forth on the merits of teacher certification are now posted at Edspresso. In all seriousness, less of a fight than an interesting conversation, for which my fellow debater...
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g(t)?
Writing in the Boston Globe (per Matt Yglesias), Harvard economist Edward Glaeser cites Tom Kane’s research on teacher quality, saying: The first step toward improving teacher quality is to attract...
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Magnitude
Expanding on something I alluded to in the post below about training and certifying teachers vs. attracting and selecting them: the way these issues are often discussed reveals one of the weak spots in...
View ArticleI Hate the Way You’re Not Around
There’s nothing that will turn over preconceptions in today’s IES report that found no difference between reading and math scores of students taught by teachers certified through traditional or...
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Teacher Preparation Accountability Systems Are Worse Than NCLB
In 1998, Congress inserted a provision into the Higher Education Act that required states to hold their teacher preparation programs accountable. For the first time, states would have to develop a set...
View ArticleQuick Hits (9.11.13)
Making opportunity equal. A new program called the Leadership Enterprise for Diverse America is offering students a chance to go to some of the best universities in the country. The program gives...
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