This is a piece I wrote for my (shamefully neglected) Huffington Post blog after the Digital Age Teacher Preparation Council released its 2011 report on preparing PreK-3rd teachers.

I wrote this for Early Ed Watch yesterday as an explainer of RTL, but also to highlight the research that is underway. Thought that the members of this group might find it useful. There is a desperate need for good research (with sound methodology from independent evaluators), and RTL isn't enough. But at least it's something and we should be paying attention to what this program can tell us so far.

Here's a post I wrote to introduce our readers to the NAEYC position statement and the pending revisions. There are so many issues I didn't have time to dive into, and I will continue to learn more this summer, but please chime in if you see a big miss or want to add to the dialogue. Thanks.