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ERIC Number: EJ667197
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
Reporting on Teacher Quality: The Politics of Politics.
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn
Journal of Teacher Education, v53 n5 p379-82 Nov-Dec 2002
Responds to the Secretary of Education's 2002 report, "Meeting the Highly Qualified Teachers Challenge," which asserts that states must transform certification requirements because while states' academic standards for teachers are low, barriers that keep out qualified people who have not completed collegiate teacher preparation are high. This editorial suggests that four critiques are essential in responding to the report: empirical, conceptual, social justice, and political. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Politics of Education, Preservice Teacher Education, State Standards
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Justice