Thursday, October 12, 2006

HQTs

Or, to laymen, "Highly Qualified Teachers."

Case in point - for some teachers, taking a teacher qualification program in order to meet the highly qualified teaching standards of the states is degrading, expensive, takes away from their real duty of teaching, and, most importantly, is completely useless to someone who has 22 years of teaching experience. That's what professional development is for - keep up with lifelong learning, constantly improve teaching methods, etc. But being told that you're not a "real" teacher - well, that's just ridiculous.

Go to the private schools!

"EduCracy Run Amok." (The Education Wonks blog. 10/12/6.)

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