U.S. News Releases NCTQ Teacher Prep Ratings
The ratings are part of a larger, independent review of undergraduate and graduate education programs.
June 18, 2013 RSS Feed Print
New ratings released by U.S. News and NCTQ evaluate programs that train teachers to teach.
Teaching was once dubbed "the profession that eats its young" and many educators liken their first few years in the classroom to a hazing ritual. The result is an industry that hemorrhages new teachers nearly as fast as it can license them.
One factor feeding the high turnover rate is lack of preparation, according to Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, a national union representing 1.5 million educators.
"Newly minted teachers are tossed the keys to their classrooms … and left to see if they (and their students) sink or swim," she wrote in a December 2012 report for the AFT. The report called for higher standards and accountability in teacher training programs.
The 2013 NCTQ Teacher Prep Ratings, released today by U.S. News, are a step in that direction.
[Read U.S. News Editor Brian Kelly's opinion on the NCTQ ratings.]
Part of a broader effort by the National Council on Teacher Quality, the ratings are a subset of the NCTQ Teacher Prep Review, published toda
FAQs on the 2013 Teacher Prep Ratings
FAQs on the 2013 Teacher Prep Ratings
Learn more about the National Council on Teacher Quality ratings of undergrad and grad programs.