Vouchers, vouchers everywhere
Public education is facing enough obstacles these days without another one, courtesy of the Supreme Court. But on Monday, in a 5-4 vote, the court issued a ruling that supports an Arizona program that permits public money to be used for private schools, which are mostly religious.
The court, in Winn vs. Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization, voted to bar regular people from challenging government programs that use tax credits for religious activity.
School choice supporters were pleased with the decision, but civil
A case against standards
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This post is about the draft version of standards for initial English teacher preparation for grades 7-12 being considered by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), which is the professional accrediting agency for teacher preparation. A number of academics were asked to review the standards, including Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in South Carolina. This is his response to the draft standards.
By Paul Thomas
While I appreciate the invitation to respond to the draft version of the