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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
From: The University of North TexasThe University of North Texas has earned the Best Practice Award for the Innovative Use of Technology from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). “This award represents a national review by technology teacher educators who recognized UNT’s work as innovative and of high quality,” said Dr. Mary […]
From: The Chronicle of Higher EducationTo the Editor: “Teacher-College Group Presses for Single Accrediting Body” (March 7, 2007) quotes one individual who questions as a conflict of interest the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s financial contributions to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the professional accrediting body for teacher preparation. Accrediting […]
From: The University of NevadaUNLV President David Ashley announced today that M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D., has been selected as the next dean of the UNLV College of Education. Brown, who currently serves as vice president for programs and administration with the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), will assume his new role […]
