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How to Improve Teacher Training: The Clinical Model

Kenneth D. Witmer, Jr., Ph.D. | Posted 11.06.2012 | College
Read More: Education Schools, Training Teachers, Student Teachers, Teacher Candidates, Teacher Interns, Teacher Preparation Programs, College News
Kenneth D. Witmer, Jr., Ph.D.

Teacher preparation is substantially strengthened by increasing the amount of supported field work prospective teachers experience within their preparation programs.

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Joy Resmovits

Are Teachers Prepared To Learn From Standardized Tests?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.22.2012 | Home
Read More: Data-Driven Instruction, Testing, Education Schools, Education News, Teacher Quality, Education, Common Core, Arne Duncan, Ncate, Common Assessment, Data, Teacher Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Education Quality, Teachers, Assessments, Home News

These days, it's not enough for teachers to know how to manage a classroom, impart knowledge and deliver lesson plans. In the wake of test-heavy po...

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U.S. Not Recruiting Top Applicants For Teaching, Study Finds

Education Week | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Education Schools, Education Reform, Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Home News

Countries with the best-performing school systems largely recruit teachers from the top third of high school and college graduates, while the United S...

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Obama, Duncan and the Public Schools

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Education Schools, Schools of Education, Arne Duncan, Michael Bloomberg, School Reform, Hofstra University, Education Reform, Barack Obama, New York City Schools, New York News
Alan Singer

Despite what Duncan thinks, nothing short of experience is going to prepare middle-class aspiring teachers to work with students who have high social and academic needs.

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The New School of Education?

Paul Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Education Schools, Lausd, Arne Duncan, Civil Rights, Education, Mayor Villaraigosa, Union, Charter Schools, Green Dot, Education Reform, Gompers, Loyola Marymount, Lmu, Los Angeles News
Paul Miller

Some of the most interesting examples of urban education reform anywhere in the nation are happening here in Los Angeles. One of these reforms is in teacher training.

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