Sentences with phrase «prospective teachers demanded»

While the study's authors bemoan the fact that none of the assessments for prospective teachers demanded subject knowledge at the college graduate level, they are quick to point out that a bachelor's degree alone may not certify that the prospective teacher's content knowledge is relevant to teaching a K - 12 curriculum.

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Such a system would assure the public that tenured teachers had met significant standards and signal to prospective teachers that teaching is a demanding endeavor.

Without offering any actual evidence, Mr. Mucher suggests that prospective teachers have been scared off from applying to his program by much of the agenda of the corporate reform movement: increasing accountability demands placed on teachers, using student test scores to determine teachers» effectiveness ratings, and «the way teachers are blamed for much broader social problems.»