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ERIC Number: EJ1357155
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1540-8000
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The Uneven Landscape of Teacher Preparation
Fenwick, Leslie T.
State Education Standard, v22 n3 p12-16 Sep 2022
In a recent landscape of policies in 50 states and the District of Columbia, I found that states vary significantly in how they authorize, review, and approve teacher preparation providers and programs. What these policies have in common is a requirement that all programs meet the same standards. But in practice, they do not. Too often, alternative certification program providers--particularly those that are not college or university based--are able to take advantage of state statute and regulatory loopholes that allow them to skirt rigorous standards. The pandemic, coupled with mass shootings at schools and increasingly public, politicized scrutiny about what teachers teach, placed inordinate demands on teachers, exacerbating teacher shortages. Under these circumstances, will states and districts be forced to barter away teacher quality and the equitable assignment of high-caliber teachers just to have warm bodies in front of classrooms?
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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