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... [MORE]
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]
