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- 08-04-2011
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Blog by Dana Goldstein/The Nation
Last weekend, two very different speeches on the future of the teaching profession made news. The first was from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who appeared Friday before the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, the organization that runs the elite National Board certification process for teachers. The United States must follow the example of the nations that out-perform us educationally, Duncan said, and begin to recruit most of our public school teachers from the top thirds of their college classes. To do this, he argued, we will need to raise average starting salaries from $30,00 to $60,000 and average salary caps from $70,000 to $150,000. Is that really possible in a climate of federal, state and local budget cuts? (more...)
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