Lessons to learn
Teachers’ teachers responsible, too
Posted: October 6, 2012 at 2:52 a.m.
The recent Chicago teachers’ strike implicitly raised a question that should be addressed in discussions about teacherevaluation systems: How can the education schools and professionaldevelopment providers that train a state’s teachers be held accountable?
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Editorial, Pages 17 on 10/06/2012
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The most important sentence of this piece is:
"The good news is that major reports are beginning to tell us more precisely what the problems in our education schools are: low admission standards, incoherent pedagogical coursework, and low academic requirements."
The saying appears to be true: 'Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." What a horrible disservice to our children.
Posted by: jrlevine
October 7, 2012 at 1:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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