Speaking of Education Backwaters...
If you consider Washington State one of those (as the ed reformers in our state like to do), then how is this true? (from SPS Communications and OSPI):
For the fourth consecutive year, Washington state has placed second in the country in new National Board Certified teachers.
Numbers released today by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards show that Washington has the second-most new NBCTs (575), behind only North Carolina, and is fourth overall in the total number of NBCTs (6,817).
At Baker Middle School in Tacoma, the entire teaching staff – 35 teachers – participated in the certification process: Twelve completed the process and are now NBCTs and 23 were TakeOne! candidates. According to Jillene Partrick, a social studies teacher at Baker, the team atmosphere helped everyone. “We were able to support one another or at least listen to one another with a greater sense of understanding about what we were
For the fourth consecutive year, Washington state has placed second in the country in new National Board Certified teachers.
Numbers released today by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards show that Washington has the second-most new NBCTs (575), behind only North Carolina, and is fourth overall in the total number of NBCTs (6,817).
At Baker Middle School in Tacoma, the entire teaching staff – 35 teachers – participated in the certification process: Twelve completed the process and are now NBCTs and 23 were TakeOne! candidates. According to Jillene Partrick, a social studies teacher at Baker, the team atmosphere helped everyone. “We were able to support one another or at least listen to one another with a greater sense of understanding about what we were