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Teacher Ed. Programs Show Signs of Improvement, AACTE Finds
From Ed WeekBy Nora Fleming Teacher education programs are using data, technology, and monitoring/tracking systems to improve, but still have a ways to go, says a report from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, released today. According to the AACTE, progress has been made, but obstacles to improvement persist. Not a surprise given […]
AACTE Releases First National Data Report on Teacher Preparation Profession
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (March 20, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) today released The Changing Teacher Preparation Profession: A Report from AACTE’s Professional Education Data System (PEDS) at a National Press Club briefing in Washington, D.C. The report unveils […]
Minority Groups Remain Outnumbered at Teaching Programs, Study Reports
From The New York TimesBy Motoko Rich Despite major changes in the racial makeup of American public school students, the people training to be teachers are still predominantly white. According to a study being released Wednesday by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, which represents colleges and universities with teacher certification programs, 82 […]
Project Seeks to Trace Development of Novice Teachers’ Skills
From Education WeekBy Stephen Sawchuk What skills do teacher education programs set out to teach? What understanding of those topics do their graduates actually come away with? And which of those competencies help improve academic outcomes for students? Those questions are at the heart of a three-year, federally funded study now under way by researchers […]
New Teacher Assessment Tool Making Headway in Education Programs
From Diverse: Issues in Higher Education by Jamaal Abdul-Alim ORLANDO, Fla. — When Evelyn Perry — an administrator within the School of Education and Urban Studies at Morgan State University — first learned about a relatively new teacher assessment tool known as edTPA, her first reaction was, “This is a lot of work.” But after […]
Holmes Scholars: The Next Generation of Higher Education Faculty
From Diverse: Issues in Higher Education by Jamaal Abdul-Alim Orlando, Fla. – When Saron LaMothe served as counselor for several K-12 schools in some of this city’s most impoverished areas, she used to pick up on cues from Black students indicating that they felt they weren’t meant for certain careers. Sometimes, she said, the cues […]
University of Maryland to Receive AACTE Award for Support of Global Diversity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (Feb. 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Best Practice Award in Support of Global Diversity to the University of Maryland (UM) College of Education. The award recognizes a school, college or […]
AACTE Selects Guide for Preparing ELL Teachers for 2013 Outstanding Book Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (February 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Outstanding Book Award to editors Joyce Nutta, Ph.D., Kouider Mokhtari, Ph.D., and Carine Strebel, Ph.D., for Preparing Every Teacher to Reach English Learners: A […]
Pace University and Syracuse University Educators Win AACTE Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson Kiefer 202-478-4502 or lkiefer@aacte.org (February 18, 2013, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present its 2013 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) Article Award to Joan Turner Walker, Ph.D., of the Pace University School of Education, and Benjamin Dotger, Ph.D., […]
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