Who do you want teaching your children?

12-16-2009

Opinion by Catherine Kearney/San Francisco Chronicle

Many high school principals cite a critical need for teachers who have the ability to apply real-world experiences to classroom learning, as well as improve student's critical thinking skills, according to a report released Monday by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning. This finding is especially true for underserved, high-poverty schools. Unfortunately, the same report goes on to label as "underprepared" the very teachers who are filling that need simply because they do not go through the same teacher preparation process as other beginning teachers. There are nearly 50,000 examples of former scientists, child advocates, lawyers and federal prosecutors, military men and women, and many others who chose to switch careers and bring their wealth of experience and career expertise to the classroom. (more...)

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