Education News – Kristin Decarr
“A new study performed by the National Center on Education and the Economy has taken a closer look at teacher professional development in three countries that maintain a standard of excellence in education outcomes – Shanghai, Singapore, and British Columbia. Findings suggest that all three of these countries expect advancement in the careers of their teachers, and interaction between such professionals is encouraged in order to obtain such advancement. While such a culture doesn’t exist throughout the United States, experts continue to argue that if these systems were adopted in the US, more qualified candidates would be attracted to teaching positions and the country would see improvement in student test scores.”(more)