Are teachers born (not made)?
Who should teach? Robert Bligh, former general counsel of the Nebraska Association of School Boards, looks at the issue in the context of the previous post about historian David McCullough’scomments about who should teach and who shouldn’t. (He said no professional teacher should have an education degree.) Bligh’s research interest involves the efficacy of the school reform efforts promoted by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act since its original adoption in 1965. He served as assistant professor at Doane College and was editor and publisher of the Nebraska School Law Reporter.
By Robert Bligh
I am intrigued by the comments of David McCullough about the training of K-12 teachers. I have several reactions:
(1) I suspect that a successful teacher training program produces good teacher candidates because of the personal characteristics of the prospective teachers it admits and graduates. Indeed, I have begun to suspect that most of what goes into making a successful K-12 teacher is in place before the teacher-to-be becomes a kindergarten student. I would say
The newest rhetoric on teacher evaluation and why it is nonsense
The newest rhetoric on teacher evaluation and why it is nonsense
Carol Burris is the award-winning principal of South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York, and a frequent Answer Sheet blogger. She just underwent an ordeal as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Here's what she wrote:
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