Why Mike Casserly Is a Stud
by Frederick M. Hess • Aug 16, 2011 at 8:28 am
Cross-posted from Education Week
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ShareThe National Council on Teacher Quality is currently preparing a controversial, much-anticipated national study of teacher preparation with U.S. News & World Report. Scheduled for release in Fall 2012, the analysis has occasioned much hand-wringing and wailing from the teacher education community. Considering that the nation's 1,000+ teacher prep programs vacuum up dollars from aspiring teachers, school districts, and state governments, you'd think they would welcome the chance to demonstrate that their dismal reputation is undeserved. You'd be wrong. Instead, they've sought to undermine and impede NCTQ's efforts, while slamming NCTQ.
The organizations that represent school, district, and state officials who ultimately bear the costs and the
