We certainly need more teachers with expertise. There should be a minimum requirement for all math and science teachers. I... [MORE]

M Frango 

Jul 20, 2007 13:42

And you would want your child to be in a classroom with this type of teacher for the first three... [MORE]

Terry W. Blue 

Dec 5, 2006 08:56

Focusing on the first 3 years of a teacher's life, it's important to recognize that regular certifying programs usually include... [MORE]

Carmen M. Seda 

Dec 1, 2006 15:34

I could not see anything in the description of the research that supports the claim that it would be more... [MORE]

mary ellen levin 

Nov 29, 2006 17:08

Interesting discussion here...but why have "alternative certification" programs for just teachers? Let's add doctors, lawyers, and airline pilots (and many other... [MORE]

Bob Thompson 

Nov 29, 2006 15:29

I am not sure whether it is proper to compare populations of "uncertified" teachers with traditionally certified teachers who enter... [MORE]

Ronald Zigler 

Nov 29, 2006 12:42

I am a supporter of alternative education for reasons of social justice, but this statement in the article caused my... [MORE]

Mary Lee Peck 

Nov 28, 2006 07:51

I share your concern about student who have these rookies. I will be one of those rookies next year. After... [MORE]

Dennis Williams 

Nov 28, 2006 13:11

Study is not reliable at all when you look at the conservative organizations that were all behind it. They simply... [MORE]

Kerry Chisnall 

Nov 27, 2006 22:21

What does it mean to say uncertified and alternate route teachers do "just as well." "Judt as well" at what?... [MORE]

Jill Lewis 

Nov 27, 2006 19:30

As an alternate certified teacher, I am not at all surprised by the findings outlined in the article. Yes, my... [MORE]

Mary Thoreen 

Nov 22, 2006 21:32

It speaks volumes that uncertified teachers do as well as certified. Anyone who can tolerate the mindless pablum presented by... [MORE]

kiwikit 

Nov 22, 2006 06:52

I am at a loss as to how a rational thinker could be in favour of the idea of god.... [MORE]

Gerry Morrison 

Nov 22, 2006 13:40

I couldn't agree more. It is much more rational to believe that the universe had a gas attack (big boom)... [MORE]

Robert Williams 

Nov 24, 2006 12:04

I've never been able to understand how the Press/D'RATs have gotten away with destroying our public schools. The only rules... [MORE]

kiwikit 

Nov 22, 2006 06:42

Since I don't teach in CT, I can't be sure if they've ditched grammar, history, civics and upper-level mathematics, but... [MORE]

Wanda 

Nov 24, 2006 12:05

I truly believe we need uncertified teacher just as much as certified teachers in the classroom. There is a need... [MORE]

Alozno Bailey 

Nov 21, 2006 18:53

I was just recently released from my classroom due to not having my California Teacher Certification completed in time. I... [MORE]

Terri Robinson 

Nov 21, 2006 17:39

Ummm...was your spelling error intentional?Re-diculous...? [MORE]

Faye 

Nov 22, 2006 13:51

It is unfortunate that some very good teachers are having trouble passing the certification exams. God knows we need good... [MORE]

Dennis Williams 

Nov 28, 2006 13:52

Hopefully teacher prep program personnel will read this and come to the same conclusion that many others have. We need... [MORE]

Nan Gillispie 

Nov 21, 2006 16:46

Preservice coursework and inservice education are two different things, both needed. Preservice education is an induction into the profession, which... [MORE]

mary ellen levin 

Nov 29, 2006 17:22

I have 20 + years of experience in classrooms, 18 in secondary education and 9 in higher education where I... [MORE]

Robert 

Nov 21, 2006 14:31

I went back and became a teacher at the ripe old age of 39 through a a Teachers Apprenticeship Program,... [MORE]

KKuster 

Nov 29, 2006 17:41

A detailed report on the study is available in the current issue of Education Next magazine. It can be accessed... [MORE]

Andy Mollison 

Nov 21, 2006 11:50

Another issue that arises from this debate is the attrition rate of new teachers within the first three years of... [MORE]

Mary Lou Miller 

Nov 21, 2006 05:10

I am a site coordinator and instructor for the Mississippi Alternate Path to Quality Teachers. In my four years with... [MORE]

Patsy Patterson 

Nov 20, 2006 21:40

Can someone forward me a link to the TITLE of this report by the Hoover Institute and where it was... [MORE]

Anthony Petrosino 

Nov 20, 2006 20:54

The article iis apparently from the journal Education Next. http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20061121-041809-4248r.htm [MORE]

Robert 

Nov 21, 2006 14:34

How many teachers who start off as being uncertified are actually in the classroom 3 years later? That number is... [MORE]

Dennis Sunal 

Nov 20, 2006 19:13

It is nice to see that the uneducated, inarticulate and basically stupid indivuals still exist in our society. Perhaps the... [MORE]

Paladn 

Nov 22, 2006 12:50

NCLB should be renamed NTLB (No Teacher Left Behind), with corespondingly large amounts of money poured into pre-service and in-service... [MORE]

Cheryl Witucke 

Nov 20, 2006 18:06

This is supposed to be a case for alternative certification? Of course they have a lot more to learn during... [MORE]

Tine Sloan 

Nov 20, 2006 17:16

Student teaching is the most important part of teacher training. I never would have survived a week in a classroom... [MORE]

Bridget Looney 

Nov 20, 2006 21:48

By this logic, anyone who wants could, with three years practice on patients, learn to remove an appendix as well...

Kate Macaulay 

Nov 21, 2006 10:28

Kate Macaulay: Thanks for reading my post. Are you saying that you agree teachers should spend three to four years... [MORE]

Bridget Looney 

Nov 21, 2006 16:27

I am sorry to have been unclear -- I only meant to say that, using the logic of the article,... [MORE]

Kate Macaulay 

Nov 22, 2006 11:16

All teachers perform better as they gain experience. Don't use this as an excuse to pile in people who are... [MORE]

Toni 

Nov 20, 2006 16:54

A given with the non-traditional teaching candidates is that they have already been employed full-time. They have a good work... [MORE]

Kathleen Benedick 

Nov 20, 2006 16:40

Evaluations of any program (starting with Head Start and going on up through adulthood) have always found that the effects... [MORE]

Walter Secada 

Nov 20, 2006 16:07

I agree with most of what you say, and had already posted similar comments beneath other people's comments. But your... [MORE]

mary ellen levin 

Nov 29, 2006 18:33

The findings are entirely unsurprising. Teachers learn to teach by teaching, not by studying in undergraduate teacher education classrooms. The... [MORE]

Richard Jacobs 

Nov 20, 2006 15:20

Teachers need both things. Do you want a highly motivated but untrained heart surgeon learning on the job when it's... [MORE]

mary ellen levin 

Nov 29, 2006 18:26

How do these two clauses relate to each other? The clear implication is that minority teachers are all uncertified, or... [MORE]

Tom Smith 

Nov 20, 2006 08:32

Are we continuing to do what we have always done and get what we have always gotten? Where does the... [MORE]

Mary Belknap 

Nov 20, 2006 15:55

I would hope that teachers that come through the alternative certification would improved over years. School districts across the country... [MORE]

James Garvin 

Nov 21, 2006 06:54