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AACTE to Present Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award to Deborah Loewenberg Ball and Francesca Forzani
For Immediate ReleaseFor interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson 202-478-4502 or ljohnson@aacte.org (Feb. 17, 2011, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) will present Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Ph.D., and Francesca M. Forzani with the 2011 Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article Award for their piece, “The Work of Teaching and the Challenge for […]
AACTE Lauds President’s FY12 Budget for Increased Investment in Education; Denounces House Cuts in FY11 Continuing Resolution
Official AACTE Statement For interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson 202-478-4502 or ljohnson@aacte.org FY12 Funding Emphasizes Programs to Enhance Quality Educator Preparation (Feb. 16, 2011, Washington, D.C.) – The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) commends the increase in funding for education in President Barack Obama’s FY 2012 budget proposal. The Association is encouraged by the […]
TaskStream, TPAC Partner To Measure Teacher Effectiveness
From The JournalBy Scott Aronowitz In an effort to evaluate new teaching candidates more effectively and with better long-term results, the Teacher Performance Assessment Consortium (TPAC) and Web software provider TaskStream have joined forces to pilot an in-depth teacher performance assessment (TPA).
Grading of Teacher Colleges to Be Revamped
From Education WeekBy Stephen Sawchuk The organizer of a plan to review all 1,400 schools of education and publish the findings in U.S. News and World Report is altering several key aspects of its methodology – an attempt, officials for the group say, to respond to mounting complaints about the study. The National Council of […]
Letter to President Obama: Who is a ‘highly qualified’ teacher?
From The Washington PostBy Valerie Strauss This letter was just sent to President Obama by more than 50 organizations — including education, civil rights, disability, student, parent, and community groups – about legislation in Congress that would allow teachers still in training to be considered “highly qualified” so they can meet a standard set in […]
Corinthian Colleges Names Dr. Sharon P. Robinson to Board of Directors
From Corinthian Colleges, Inc. SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Nasdaq: COCO) today announced that Sharon P. Robinson, Ed.D, has been elected to the company’s board of directors. The appointment increases the board to ten members, nine of whom are non-employee directors. “Sharon has had a distinguished professional […]
Teacher Beat Reading List: Teacher Ed. Reviews, National Board Support
From Education Weekby Stephen Sawchuk Here’s what Teacher Beat is reading this weekend. Keep those tweets and comments a-coming! Do education majors learn less than their peers in other bachelor’s programs? That’s one of the assertions in a new book that tries to gauge how much value college adds to student learning. (Hat tip to […]
AACTE Offers Feedback on Forthcoming National Teacher Preparation Program Ratings Report
For Immediate ReleaseFor interviews, contact: Lisa Johnson 202-478-4502 or ljohnson@aacte.org President and CEO Sharon P. Robinson Highlights Need for Focus on Program Effectiveness (January 21, 2011, Washington, D.C.) – On January 18, U.S. News & World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) announced a partnership to rate the quality of teacher education programs […]
‘U.S. News’ to Start New Rankings of Teacher Ed Programs
From Inside Higher Ed U.S. News & World Report has announced that it will start a new system of ranking teacher education programs, largely using the methodology of the National Council on Teacher Quality, and focusing on such measures as the selectivity of the admissions process, how well teachers are trained to teach certain subjects, […]
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