University teacher ed programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary tinkering
“By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation’s 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st century classroom,” Duncan said in a major speech at Teachers College, Columbia University. “America’s university-based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change--not evolutionary tinkering.”
via ed.gov
Add university educational leadership programs to that list too, Secretary Duncan...
1 comment
Oct 23, 2009
Russ Goerend said...
I agree. What should they be doing differently? I think more time needs to be spent in the classroom *teaching*.
