The most infamous of the basketball - rapper group was Allen «Jewelz» Iverson, whose single «40 Bars» was criticized
heavily by advocacy groups and then - NBA commissioner David Stern:
Kati Haycock, who leads the Washington - based
advocacy group Education Trust, called the change, first reported
by Education Week, an «about - face» that lets states «keep sweeping under the rug the gaps in teacher quality that contribute so
heavily to longstanding achievement gaps.»
Those ratings,
by the nonprofit
advocacy group National Council on Teacher Quality, which has been a vocal critic of teacher preparation programs, were based
heavily on education school curriculum and selectivity.