Hechinger Report – Sarah Garland
“‘Bold’ is a favorite word among education reformers everywhere, and supporters of a new plan put forward by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) to overhaul teacher education are no different. . . . But not everyone thinks the report’s recommendations are all that new — or bold. . . . Rick Hess, of the American Enterprise Institute, says the suggestions in the report don’t go far enough: ‘After all, the ‘normal school’ and programs of teacher preparation are 19th century innovations; isn’t it possible that a ‘radical’ 21st century rethinking might not want to presuppose that we rely on that machinery?’ he wrote.”(more)