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Bipartisan bill seeks to remake teacher training programs
- 06-22-2011
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Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week
Teacher training programs would be held accountable for producing educators who demonstrate the ability to boost student achievement before they even graduate, under a bill introduced today by a powerful, bipartisan trio of senators. The bill, called the "Growing Excellent Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals Act" was intoduced today by Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. Participation in the program would be optional for states. Those that choose to join would designate academies for teacher and principal preparation. The academies would have to use a rigorous admissions process and a major emphasis on clinical, hands-on experience. And, importantly, prospective teachers couldn't graduate from these programs unless they demonstrated that they could actually boost student achievement. (more...)
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