Many Teacher-Training Programs in Texas Come Up Short
By Katherine Mangan
4/30/10
The National Council on Teacher Quality release on Thursday a scathing critique of teacher-education programs across Texas.
The two-year study of 67 undergraduate schools of education in the Lone Star State finds that many fail to provide adequate teacher training in science, mathematics, and reading. The nonpartisan research and advocacy group, which has issued reports critical of training programs in other states, also concluded that teacher-education requirements vary across Texas, "with no apparent rationale."
Among its findings:
By Katherine Mangan
4/30/10
The National Council on Teacher Quality release on Thursday a scathing critique of teacher-education programs across Texas.
The two-year study of 67 undergraduate schools of education in the Lone Star State finds that many fail to provide adequate teacher training in science, mathematics, and reading. The nonpartisan research and advocacy group, which has issued reports critical of training programs in other states, also concluded that teacher-education requirements vary across Texas, "with no apparent rationale."
Among its findings:
- Sixty-three of the 67 schools (94 percent) lack "proper content in mathematics that elementary teachers need."
- Eighty-four percent of the schools inadequately prepare middle-school teacher candidates in the subjects they will be teaching.
- Three-quarters of the schools ignore a state regulation that requires them to train elementary-school teacher candidates in effective methods of reading instruction.
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