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Schools of Education

Death by Algorithm

Patricia McGuire | Posted 05.08.2012 | DC
Read More: IMPACT Tests, Teacher Assessment, Teacher Quality, High Impact Testing, Schools of Education, Teacher Evaluations, Fairfax Public Schools, School Reform, DC Adult Illiteracy, D.C. Public Schools, Value-Added Testing, DC News
Patricia McGuire

If the school reformers truly believe that teachers are the key to the success of children --- and I agree, they certainly are one of the keys --- then the reformers must reconsider the mindless application of the deadly algorithm.

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Six Premises, Seven Ideas for Better Teacher Training

John Merrow | Posted 11.02.2011 | Home
Read More: John Merrow, Public Schools, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, Schools of Education, Education, Teacher Training, Teacher Education, Failing Schools, Home News
John Merrow

Right now, too many schools and colleges of education resemble diploma mills that actually benefit from the churn in the profession. That's a disgrace.

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Accountability for (Ways of) Teaching: Development for Teachers

James Gee | Posted 08.27.2011 | Home
Read More: Schools of Education, Assessment, Teachers, Teaching, Accountability, Nclb, Home News
James Gee

Whether a child succeeds has to do with a lot more than what a teacher does, no matter how good she is.

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Who Will Teach the Children?

Franklin Schargel | Posted 06.12.2011 | Home
Read More: Teacher Shortage, Schools of Education, National Center for Teacher Education, Nces, Teachers, Home News
Franklin Schargel

Why would anyone want to become a teacher? Today, teachers are leaving the field faster than schools of education can train their replacements.

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Letters to Wendy: Pre-Service Teachers React to Teach for America

Shaun Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Schools of Education, Teach for America, Wendy Kopp, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Education Reform, Teacher Preparation, Home News
Shaun Johnson

The thought that people with "higher" degrees can aimlessly teach the most at risk children without proper preparation and training is false and cruel.

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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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