The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ), a Washington-based think tank, issued its long-awaited Teacher Prep Review report yesterday. For education schools around the country, that is not “long-awaited” as in, “Oh boy, we’re really excited to see this report finally come out.” It was more a reaction of, “Let’s see just how bad...
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Education Week recently published an article about the overproduction of elementary school teachers in the nation. The article included data from a handful of states, showing the most recent annual production of elementary school teachers in each as compared to the demand, based on projected openings in school districts. Michigan was one of the states...
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It’s been almost a month since my last post, which means I have already broken my pledge of trying to post entries to this blog at least a couple of times a month. I have the excuse of having taken some time off to move my family from State College, PA (where my oldest...
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Having taught educational policy throughout most of my career as a faculty member, I would often start the course with the old saying, “Policy is like sausage – you don’t want to see either being made.” Just as most of us would not like to watch the sausage making process, for fear that we...
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