School-based Teacher Residencies and University-based Teacher Education: An Exchange
On July 26, I wrote a post on a charter school network that created four-year residency programs for new teachers that I called a Smart Way to create good teachers for urban schools. See:http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/a-smart-way-to-enlist-induct-and-create-good-teachers-for-urban-schools/
Kenneth Zeichner took exception to the post. He has been a thoughtful critic of teacher education programs while working tirelessly to improve both the theory and practice of preparing teachers at the University of Wisconsin for over three decades. He is now the Boeing Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Washington. He gave me permission to publish his comments and exchange of
