New Op-Ed by Lisa Keegan and J. E. Stone Asks: “Are Newly Trained Teachers Really Prepared for the Classroom?”
The head of the Education Breakthrough Network and that of the Education Consumers Foundation ask whether children are adequately protected from poorly trained new teachers. A study of Tennessee data shows that up to 1/3 of new teachers are among the least effective in the state and linked to inadequate academic growth in their students. Read it here on The Daily Caller. http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/27/are-newly-trained-teachers-really-prepared-for-the-classroom/