Author: Tunara Moore
New Path for Teacher Ed Reform
From Inside Higher EDBy Allie Grasgreen WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has proposed to transform teacher preparation programs by directing aid to those that graduate the teachers who produce the most successful student outcomes. The plan would significantly reduce the reporting requirements on teacher candidate preparation that states and colleges must meet under federal rules, […]
Education Dept.’s Reform Plan for Teacher Training Gets Mixed Reviews
From The ChronicleBy Collin Eaton Arne Duncan, the U.S. secretary of education, laid out measures on Friday that would change how teachers’ colleges are evaluated and supported, but the plan has some sticking points for teachers’ colleges and teachers’ unions. At a forum here hosted by Education Sector, a nonpartisan research group, Mr. Duncan said […]
AACTE President and CEO Sharon P. Robinson Statement on U.S. Department of Education Teacher Preparation Reform Blueprint
Official AACTE StatementFor interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson202-478-4502 or ljohnson@aacte.org (September 30, 2011, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) is pleased to have the U.S. Department of Education join us in our efforts to reform educator preparation and strengthen accountability measures through its blueprint, “Our Future, Our Teachers.” We have […]
AACTE Celebrates New Bill Introduced by Rep. Judy Chu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson202-478-4502 or ljohnson@aacte.org Proposed Grant Program Would Offer Better Access to Quality Instruction for High-Need Students (Sept. 14, 2011, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) today celebrates a promising legislative development through Rep. Judy Chu’s (D-CA) introduction of H.R. 2902, “The Equal Access […]
Linking Student Data to Teachers a Complex Task, Experts Say
From Education Week By Liana Heitin As more and more states push legislation tying teacher evaluations to student achievement – a policy incentivized by the federal Race to the Top program – many are scrambling to put data systems in place that can accurately connect teachers to their students. But in a world of student […]
N.Y. Thinks Outside Teacher Education Box
From Education Week By Stephen Sawchuk Of all the states that have taken steps to rethink systems for preparing teachers, New York appears to be experimenting with the greatest variety of approaches. Under a series of actions by the state board of regents over the past 1½ years, it has approved the first new graduate […]
Fighting the Non-University Master’s
From Inside Higher Ed By Libby A. Nelson WASHINGTON – A Senate bill that would encourage the growth of alternative training programs for teachers and principals, some of which would not be based at colleges or universities but would have the authority to give certificates considered the equivalent of master’s degrees, has come under fire […]
Higher Education Groups Oppose Teacher-Training Bill
From Education Week By Stephen Sawchuk slew of organizations representing colleges and universities have lined up to oppose a recently introduced federal teacher- and principal-training bill, urging the the chairman and ranking Republican on the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee not to support the proposal. The bill, introduced in late June, would authorize […]
NCTQ Student Teaching Report Misses the Mark
Official AACTE Statement For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson202-478-4502 or ljohnson@aacte.org Report Paints Inaccurate View of Current Educator Preparation Environment (July 21, 2011, Washington, D.C.) – The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) today released a report reviewing “student teaching programs” from 134 higher education institutions across the U.S. As the national organization representing higher-education-based educator […]
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