Author: Tunara Moore
$3M grant to aid online teacher education
From: eschoolnewsWestern Governor’s University receives Labor Department funds to help train rural educators Western Governors University, a private, nonprofit online school founded and supported by the governors of 19 western states, will receive $1 million per year for three years from the U.S. Department of Labor to test a new teacher education model. The program’s […]
AACTE’s first taste of the National Teachers Hall of Fame
From: Emporia State UniversityIn the Big Apple, The National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) spiced up the annual conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) with a sponsored panel and the ascension to Chair-elect of the AACTE Board of Directors by Dr. Kay Schallenkamp, of long-time NTHF board member and current […]
New Graduate School of Education Dean: Andrew Porter of Vanderbilt
From: The University of PennsylvaniaDr. Andrew C. Porter, the Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Leadership Policy and Organization and Director of the Learning Sciences Institute in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, has been named Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment […]
Teacher Association Backs 1 Accreditor
From: The Chronicle of Higher EducationThe American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is trying to promote a strong accreditation system to improve teacher training and to ward off possible government moves to impose new public-school teaching standards. But when the group’s leaders tried last week at their annual meeting to renew a resolution stating […]
Teacher-College Group Presses for Single Accrediting Body
From: Education WeekThe umbrella group for teacher colleges wants a single accrediting body to elevate the status of teaching as a profession, but the move is under fire from some members who see it as a blow against the smaller of the two groups that judge teacher education programs. Members of the American Association of […]
Teacher education efforts earn national award
From: Arizona State UniversityASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership has a long-standing commitment to Arizona’s education community through a variety of collaborations, outreach and programs. For its commitment, the college received a “Best Practice Award for Effective Partnerships” by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). ASU was honored at AACTE’s 59th […]
Hats off
From: AZ CentralWhat: Arizona State University’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership received a Best Practice Award for Effective Partnerships by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. ASU was honored at the association’s Annual Meeting and Exhibits in New York City on Feb. 27. Background: The award recognizes ASU’s collaboration among schools, colleges […]
AACTE Warned of Efforts to Harm Public Education
From: Education WeekDiane Ravitch, no friend of the current state of teacher education, got a standing ovation from an unlikely crowd last week: a roomful of deans and directors gathered here for the annual conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.In a speech titled “The Future of Teacher Education in a Hostile […]
WOMEN SHAPING HISTORY: Freedom Writers: Erin Gruwell
From: Education UpdateRecently, at the Hilton Hotel, the AACTE (American Association for Colleges of Teachers Education) kicked off the opening night of their annual meeting of administrators, principals, and teachers, and its “Challenge for Change” with the inspiring and heartfelt words of Erin Gruwell. Jeff Gorrel, chair of the Committee on Membership Development and Capacity […]
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