Eduflack - Education Schools Project Coverage

There has been, I think, a direct relationship between Arthur Levines willingness to take on the schools of education and the success of the Harry Potter books. On the verge of the next in the series, Mr. Levine, once again, produces a new and critical study of the field. The folks over at Eduflack provide some nice coverage.

Eduflack: "America's teachers colleges are failing at effectively training a complete cadre of successful educators. That is news coming from a new study from the Education Schools Project, a effort headed by Art Levine. You can see a good write-up of the study in Education Week this week — http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/05/09/36levine.h26.html.

These are important conclusions, indeed. But are they news? For more than a decade, education researchers and education reformers alike have raised serious concerns about the quality and effectiveness of teacher training. That's one of the reasons NCLB's architects including HQT provisions in the law. And that's why so many are clamoring for a 'Flexner-style' study of our nation's teachers colleges. (Kudos to Nancy Grasmick for actually attempting to do it in Maryland)."

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