Tuesday, March 22, 2011
What's ahead for education in Ohio? Gov. John Kasich speech offers clues | cleveland.com
What's ahead for education in Ohio? Gov. John Kasich speech offers clues | cleveland.com
A bill now before the legislature would clear the way for Teach for America recruits and alumni to work in Ohio schools.
But critics of the program say the five weeks of intensive training that recruits get before taking over a classroom can't compare with what's done in 50 teacher preparation programs already offered at Ohio colleges.
"You may be the smartest person in the world in my subject, but that doesn't mean you're a good teacher," said Zellner from the Ohio Federation of Teachers. "That's what people go to college to learn -- how to conduct a class and be an effective instructor."
And then there's the fact that Ohio education colleges already produce a surplus of teachers; layoffs because of tight finances threaten to reduce the number of openings even more. Between 6,000 and 7,000 teachers for preschool through third grade aren't working now, according to the Ohio Department of Education.
"We don't need some outside program to push people into our state," Zellner said. "We have hundreds of thousands of the best and brightest in our classrooms now -- or on the unemployment line."
A bill now before the legislature would clear the way for Teach for America recruits and alumni to work in Ohio schools.
But critics of the program say the five weeks of intensive training that recruits get before taking over a classroom can't compare with what's done in 50 teacher preparation programs already offered at Ohio colleges.
"You may be the smartest person in the world in my subject, but that doesn't mean you're a good teacher," said Zellner from the Ohio Federation of Teachers. "That's what people go to college to learn -- how to conduct a class and be an effective instructor."
And then there's the fact that Ohio education colleges already produce a surplus of teachers; layoffs because of tight finances threaten to reduce the number of openings even more. Between 6,000 and 7,000 teachers for preschool through third grade aren't working now, according to the Ohio Department of Education.
"We don't need some outside program to push people into our state," Zellner said. "We have hundreds of thousands of the best and brightest in our classrooms now -- or on the unemployment line."
Campus Connection: TAA against breaking UW-Madison from system
Campus Connection: TAA against breaking UW-Madison from system
Posted by DefendWisconsin on DefendWisconsin 03/22/11
"The TAA opposes the New Badger Partnership, especially the separation of UW-Madison from the UW System, the formation of the public authority model, and the threat to affordability and accessibility it poses to public education and the lack of protection for labor unions on campus. The TAA also objects to the non-transparent and undemocratic process by which the New Badger Partnership was designed."
"It was important that we outlined specifically what we were against and why," TAA Co-President Kevin Gibbons said in a phone interview. "This is speaking out about the things that really matter to us and other members of the campus community."
Posted by DefendWisconsin on DefendWisconsin 03/22/11
"The TAA opposes the New Badger Partnership, especially the separation of UW-Madison from the UW System, the formation of the public authority model, and the threat to affordability and accessibility it poses to public education and the lack of protection for labor unions on campus. The TAA also objects to the non-transparent and undemocratic process by which the New Badger Partnership was designed."
"It was important that we outlined specifically what we were against and why," TAA Co-President Kevin Gibbons said in a phone interview. "This is speaking out about the things that really matter to us and other members of the campus community."
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