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Article: GOOD TEACHERS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR.(alternatives to teacher training programs)
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- The American Enterprise
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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When Abigail Thernstrom lectured at Cornell's law school recently, she asked the students, "How many of you would be interested in teaching if the entry requirements changed, the level of professionalism improved, and you could choose a school that matched your educational philosophy?" Thernstrom reports an "astonishing number of hands went up."
An outspoken member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Thernstrom wasn't asking out of idle curiosity. She and her colleagues are intent on revamping the teaching profession in the state from the bottom up. At the Board's April 26 meeting, Commissioner David Driscoll proposed an alternative certification route ...