Put On Your Hip Boots: NCTQ Is At It Again.
Today, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its “first ever” “comprehensive” report to the American public “with US News and World Report as publisher.” And according to the NCTQ press release, the results of this sure-to-be-high quality report are “dismal.” Actually, what is “dismal” is how incredibly lame this report is. NCTQ believes that it can sell the American public a piece of propaganda so blatantly foolish that the public would have no choice but to trust NCTQ for a “bold” solution to this “urgent and sweeping” teacher preparation dilemma. (Forgive me. I had to add some overused reformer words in that last sentence.)
Surely NCTQ is both qualified to assess teacher preparation programs and to pass judgment as to what “new teachers deserve” but are not receiving, right?
Surely not.
Most of the NCTQ advisory board members are not teachers. When I wrote this post in February 2013, the
Surely NCTQ is both qualified to assess teacher preparation programs and to pass judgment as to what “new teachers deserve” but are not receiving, right?
Surely not.
Most of the NCTQ advisory board members are not teachers. When I wrote this post in February 2013, the
