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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
“Highly qualified” teachers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A national report released Tuesday questions whether teachers who are highly qualified under the federal No Child Left Behind Act really have the needed skills to teach kids.
The study, from the child advocacy group The Education Trust, also highlights the problem of out-of-field teachers. That’s what teachers are made to instruct classes for which they lack the proper training or background knowledge.
The new study uses old data and compares two federal reports that define teacher quality differently. But it does bring attention to the fact that many students don’t have access to effective teachers.
How do you define a highly qualified teacher? What skills should that teacher have and how much of that can be learned on the job?
ALSO: For those of you looking for something lighter today, check out this story about what one mother did to rescue her child’s science project.
