“This goes back to the bigger picture idea that everything a teacher does or doesn’t do, says or doesn’t say, sends some message to the student and has an impact.”
before they can earn their master’s degrees, they must submit a portfolio showing that their own students made at least one year of academic progress in a subject.
By 2013, New York will begin holding all graduate students in education accountable for student learning in their classrooms before they can get their degrees,
"This goes back to the bigger picture idea that everything a teacher does or doesn't do, says or doesn't say, sends some message to the student and has an impact."