The Commission on Teacher Credentialing closed the book Thursday on one of its most troubling episodes and then quickly pivoted to consideration of a
plan for improving teacher quality decades into the future.
Interestingly, we find that these measures are only weakly, if at all, associated with the likelihood of being hired, suggesting considerable
scope for improving teacher quality through the hiring process.
The union is opposed to the changed
course for improving teacher quality — and a faster timeline — and still supports the round - one initiative to put that work in the hands of a governor's council.
By the time the 2012 elections moved into full swing, the Obama administration was issuing waivers to states exempting them from the most punitive parts of NCLB in exchange for sketching out their own state
plans for improving teacher quality, academic standards and creating better accountability systems.
Still, the Massachusetts senator has outlined a series of education proposals, putting flesh on the reform bones in some areas, such as his plans
for improving teacher quality and...
But, as Dylan Wiliam argues, «replacing teachers with better ones» is a «very slow strategy»
for improving teacher quality.