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Article: Promoting teacher quality and retention in special education.
- Article from:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Article date:
- September 1, 2004
- Author:
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In the lead article of the symposium, Crockett (2004) suggested critical science in the schoolhouse." She guided her remarks with two interrelated questions: "how can we foster the delivery of effective instruction so that (a) each student with LD [learning disabilities] receives the appropriate interventions to learn and (b) teachers receive the support they require to do their jobs and to stay with them?" Although I will focus on the latter question, how well teachers are provided with necessary supports clearly influences the extent to which they can deliver effective instruction. Without "professional strength in the teaching corps" (Crockett, 2004) and necessary ...