Preparing Future Teachers
From the Grand Rapids, Michigan Press, comes a story about Arne Duncan and what he thinks should happen for teachers and teacher training:
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says teachers should be paid between $60,000 to $150,000 – but should be held more accountable.
Duncan also told the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards last week that it should be more difficult for prospective students to enter college teacher preparation programs.
The latter sentence is part of a bigger discussion over whether colleges of education in this country do a good job of attracting good students and if they are training them properly. Indeed, a big worry expressed among
News Roundup
Colorado is awaiting the outcome of its trial on school funding by the state. This article from the Denver Post lays out other states' and their court cases.
According to the National Access Network, as of June 2010, there had been 33 decisions on adequacy claims since 1989. The courts ruled for plaintiffs in 21 of those cases, the organization said, and against them in 11. There were eight cases still pending.
In almost every state where an adequacy challenge has been filed, the decision has been appealed to the state's highest court. And those decisions don't always go the way people think they will, Griffith said.
According to the National Access Network, as of June 2010, there had been 33 decisions on adequacy claims since 1989. The courts ruled for plaintiffs in 21 of those cases, the organization said, and against them in 11. There were eight cases still pending.
In almost every state where an adequacy challenge has been filed, the decision has been appealed to the state's highest court. And those decisions don't always go the way people think they will, Griffith said.