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The National Teacher Corps: A Study of Shifting Goals and Changing Assumptions
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Eckert, Sarah Anne – Urban Education, 2011
This article investigates the lasting legacy of the National Teacher Corps (NTC), which was created in 1965 by the U.S. federal government with two crucial assumptions: that teaching poor urban children required a very specific skill set and that teacher preparation programs were not providing adequate training in these skills. Analysis reveals…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Programs, Urban Schools, Alternative Teacher Certification