What If We Trained Teachers Like We Trained Doctors?
Okay, NPR wasn't thinking of the ABC show "Scrubs" (above photo), but you get the picture . . .
This in from NPR, with 6 minute podcast below, " Programs Train Teachers Using Medical School Model." Highlights:
"What if we prepared teachers the same way we prepare doctors? . . "
"Tom Payzant had been Boston Public Schools superintendent when he founded the Boston Teacher Residency program. Payzant, who now teaches at Harvard University, says the city desperately needed to attract more talented teachers, especially for hard-to-fill positions like math, science and special education. But it wasn't just about the numbers, Payzant says. It was about the quality of teachers coming out of colleges of education.
Most teacher training institutions focus more on content and less on