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Teacher Certification Requirements -- Racist?

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

Matthew Ladner a href="http://jaypgreene.com/2008/12/17/teacher-certification-ineffective-counterproductive-and-possibly-racist/#comments"points out/a that teacher certification requirements make almost no difference in teacher performance -- about half of uncertified teachers improve their students' learning, and about half of certified teachers have students who get worse. Ladner then points to an a href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/34564684.html"Education Next/a piece arguing that on a nationwide basis, states that allow alternative certification are more likely to allow minorities into the teacher workforce. br /br /To which I'd add: Dan Goldhaber (one of the nation's most prominent researchers on teacher qualifications) and Michael Hansen have a a href="http://www...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).