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Arne Duncan And Dennis Van Roekel: Together on teacher preparation, but not on tests

  • 10-04-2011
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By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post

When Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Obama administration's reforms to teacher training programs before the D.C.-based think tank Education Sector last Friday, he was joined by an unlikely partner: Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association. The National Education Association, the largest teacher's union in the country, has warred with the Obama administration in the past, going as far as adopting a resolution this summer that took on the title, "13 Things We Hate About Arne Duncan." But Van Roekel appeared by Duncan's side on Friday, along with Teach for America President Wendy Kopp. "This plan is a useful tool in helping to ensure that candidates entering the profession from any pathway meet the same high and rigorous standards," Van Roekel said in a statement. (more...)

 

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