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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

A New Teacher Preparation Rating Effort

There are too many confounding variables and some very obvious bias in this report for me to give it much consideration, but it's impact will be felt through misleading headlines and broadcast journalist bimbo and himbo oversimplification.  So I'm sure we'll all want to be familiar with it.


Teacher Prep Review 2013 Report

June 2013

The first edition of the NCTQ Teacher Prep Review is an unprecedented evaluation of more than 1,100 colleges and universities that prepare elementary and secondary teachers. As a consumer tool, it allows aspiring teachers, parents and school districts to compare programs and determine which are doing the best -- and worst -- job of training new teachers.