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Teacher Preparation

Teacher training programs are facing profound challenges. Enrollment in traditional programs is down while alternative routes to the classroom proliferate. Amidst a growing call for raising the quality of the U.S. teaching force, The Hechinger Report is examining whether teachers are being adequately prepared.

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Posted inCalifornia, Higher Education, Teacher Preparation, The West

Teacher preparation enrollments plummet

by Louis Freedberg October 10, 2014April 8, 2021
national council on teacher quality
Posted inHigher Education, News, Teacher Preparation, Teaching the Teachers

Controversial report paints grim picture of teacher education

by Alexandria Neason June 20, 2014April 8, 2021
Kenneth Maldonado joined Teach for America in 2011 in Seattle, where the organization's expansion efforts led to a controversial contract with Seattle Public Schools. Maldonado said that while he is supportive of TFA and its mission, its early missteps in Seattle were part of what he saw as the organization's "misjudged optimism." (Photo: Alexandra Hootnick
Posted inElementary to High School, News, Teacher Preparation

Teachers are losing their jobs, but Teach for America’s expanding. What’s wrong with that?

by Alexandra Hootnick April 21, 2014March 30, 2020
Teacher Mark McKinley helps 3rd grader Madeline Lasher make a pentagonal prism using pipe cleaners and straws at Black Butte Elementary School in Shasta County. McKinley is enrolled in a program to train teachers in Common Core math. (Photo: Lillian Mongeau, EdSource)
Posted inCommon Core, Elementary to High School, Teacher Preparation

Effective teacher training critical to success of Common Core math

Avatar photo by Lillian Mongeau March 7, 2014March 30, 2020
Posted inBlogs, California, Elementary to High School, Teacher Preparation, The West

A new model for teacher preparation in California?

Avatar photo by Jackie Mader November 15, 2013October 21, 2020
Posted inBlogs, Higher Education, Teacher Preparation

Research suggests poor quality of teacher training programs in U.S. compared to other countries

by Aisha Asif October 31, 2013March 30, 2020
Posted inBlogs, Elementary to High School, Teacher Preparation, Teaching the Teachers

Conflicting ideas about how to rate teacher prep programs

by Aisha Asif August 20, 2013March 30, 2020

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