AACTE in the News
AACTE’s Jane West Participates in National Panel on Teacher Education Program Accountability
{mpredirect}1134{/mpredirect}
Teacher-Education Programs Are Unaccountable and Undemanding, Report Says
From: Chronicle of Higher EducationBy Eric Kelderman Washington Most states are doing little or nothing to hold teacher-education programs accountable for the quality of their graduates, according to a new report that also criticizes colleges for setting low standards for education majors. As a result, several alternative teacher-preparation programs, such as Teach for America and […]
Report: States Must Strengthen Teacher-Preparation Accountability
From: Education Weekby Stephen Sawchuk States should overhaul the accountability mechanisms for teacher-preparation programs so that they focus on the effectiveness of graduates in classrooms, as measured by such factors as value-added data, classroom-based teacher observations, surveys of graduates and administrators, and data on the “persistence” or retention rates of graduates in the profession, an […]
Teacher Educators To Attend Workshop n Sustainability Education
From the Hartford Courant Faculty from thirteen teacher preparation programs in Connecticut will be attending a workshop on sustainability education at Central Connecticut State University on October 30, 2009. The workshop is designed to help teacher educators prepare teacher candidates to link knowledge, inquiry, and action to help K-12 students build a healthy future for […]
Teachers’ Colleges Respond to Duncan Remarks
From Teacher Beat I checked in with the president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education today to get some feedback on what her members thought about Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s speech on teacher colleges. Overall, she said, her members were disappointed in the tenor of the speech and hope for a more […]
New President Hopes to Use NCATE as Reform Lever
From Education WeekThe new president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education is brimming with ideas for change. The system of accreditation is under a microscope, said James G. Cibulka, who feels a need to respond to expectations in the field for an improved teacher workforce and teacher education programs.
Lawmakers Prepare to Reconcile Bills to Renew HEA
From Education WeekBy Alyson Klein Congress is poised to finish crafting long-stalled legislation reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, providing the first comprehensive update in federal law covering teacher education and college-preparatory programs in nearly a decade. The HEA, which governs a broad swath of federal higher education programs, was last reauthorized in 1998. The renewal has […]
Report: Teacher prep programs inadequate
From: Education DailySharon Robinson, president of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education welcomed the report, saying she particularly supported the need to enhance the clinical development component in most programs. “Universities have to go off campus, provide the opportunities to learn skills of practice in a setting of practice with highly skilled practitioners,” […]
Prominent Teacher-Educator Assails Field, Suggests New Accrediting Body in Report
From: Education WeekSharon P. Robinson, the president of the Washington-based American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, or AACTE, a group that represents about 750 colleges of education and that is a member institution of NCATE, called the recommendation for redesigning accreditation “over the top.” “NCATE has given every indication that it is capable of […]
Events Registration 
Membership Directory 
Online Community 
Profile Manager 
Resource Library