Education chief calls for teacher prep overhaul - Yahoo! News - 1 views
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The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the classroom.
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Duncan said he has talked to hundreds of great young teachers while serving as Chicago schools chief and later as President Barack Obama's schools chief. The teachers have two complaints about education schools, he said.
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most of them say they did not get the hands-on teacher training about managing the classroom that they needed, especially for high-needs students
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second, they say there were not taught how to use data to improve instruction and boost student learning
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profits have been diverted to smaller, more prestigious graduate departments such as physics and have not been spent on research and training for would-be teachers
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most states and school districts don't link the performance of teachers to their education schools to identify which programs prepare their teachers and which don't
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administration is using stimulus dollars to reward states that tie student achievement data to the education schools where their teachers had credentials
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A third of veteran teachers and principals are Baby Boomers who are poised to retire, which could create a milllion new teaching positions in the next four years, according to the Department of Education.
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This article is about a speech Arne Duncan gave about the reevaluation of teacher programs in the country. Every time I read something else he's said or written, I like Arne Duncan more. He knows his stuff from a practical standpoint and goes where it matters to get his information: right to teachers and students. This article is small but pretty interesting.