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Congress may legitimize intern teachers | Thoughts on Public Education

Congress may legitimize intern teachers | Thoughts on Public Education

Congress may legitimize intern teachers - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Teach for America and allies of alternative teacher certification programs may be about to persuade Congress to define non-credentialed beginning teachers as “highly qualified.” Public Advocates, along with other groups representing low-income California families that had successfully sued to prevent California and the federal Department of Education from circumventing federal law, are crying foul. As of [...]