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Is it important for elementary teachers to know American History?
Only nine states - California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas and Washington - require aspiring elementary-school teachers to take an introductory American history class while in education school.
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Even as states are erecting barriers that could prevent qualified people from teaching, they also are making it too easy for unqualified people to get in, the report says.
For example, the authors say states are letting novice teachers into classrooms before they have passed state licensing tests.
Just three states - New Jersey, New Mexico and New York - require new teachers to pass such tests before entering the classroom. Many states give teachers one year to pass, but 20 states let people teach for three years or more without passing, the report says.
Read more in The Sun Herald.
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Is it important for elementary teachers to know American History?
Only nine states - California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas and Washington - require aspiring elementary-school teachers to take an introductory American history class while in education school.
Other concerns
Even as states are erecting barriers that could prevent qualified people from teaching, they also are making it too easy for unqualified people to get in, the report says.
For example, the authors say states are letting novice teachers into classrooms before they have passed state licensing tests.
Just three states - New Jersey, New Mexico and New York - require new teachers to pass such tests before entering the classroom. Many states give teachers one year to pass, but 20 states let people teach for three years or more without passing, the report says.
Read more in The Sun Herald.
- Sexual Misconduct Plagues Us Schools
While some schools and states have been aggressive about investigating problem teachers and publicizing it when they're found, others were hesitant to share details of cases with the AP — Alabama and Mississippi among the more resistant. Maine,...
- Why Homeschooling Works ~ No Or Little Bureaucracy
Homeschool Parents/Teachers are able to pick out the curriculum and textbooks that best suits their children/students. Unlike the public school system where the teacher may have very little input into what textbooks will be used in their classroom. This...
- Bad Public School Teachers?
NYC Educator has a post on Bad Teachers which I found by way of VDare's Diversity Is Strength…It’s Also Really Bad Teachers post. The majority of public school teachers I know do an outstanding job, they are wonderful teachers and wonderful human...
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A former Ocean Springs school teacher received a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with two of his students. Doug Alan Lundy, 35, who taught history at Ocean Springs High School, was sentenced to six years in prison,...
- Educational News
Financial Literacy Program Mississippi philanthropist and Netscape ex-CEO Jim Barksdale on Wednesday announced a financial literacy program for the state's public schools. The James L. Barksdale Financial Literary Program will allow K-12 educators...