Monday, January 24, 2011

Teacher training schools to be ranked for first time | California Watch

Teacher training schools to be ranked for first time | California Watch

Teacher training schools to be ranked for first time

Just as more teachers are facing performance rankings of their work, dozens of teacher training schools in California will be judged for the first time in a nationwide survey set for publication in U.S. News and World Report.

The planned rankings come against a backdrop of plummeting enrollment in California's teacher training programs, as well as harsh criticisms of these programs, including a now famous blast from U.S. Secretary of