Issues

June 18, 2008

Education Week, Vol. 27, Issue 42
Teacher Preparation NCATE Revising Standards on Child-Development Preparation
The expert panel is expected to recommend ways teacher colleges can give future educators a stronger understanding of how children develop emotionally and psychologically.
Sean Cavanagh, June 13, 2008
3 min read
Teacher Preparation Accrediting Teacher Colleges
Task force creates a new unified accreditation system and calls for teacher education programs to choose their own path for compliance.
Vaishali Honawar, June 12, 2008
6 min read
Law & Courts Justices to Hear School Sex-Discrimination Case
The court will take up an appeal examining whether Title IX provides the exclusive legal remedy for cases of sex discrimination in public schools.
Mark Walsh, June 12, 2008
3 min read
Teaching Profession Supreme Court Rules for Public Employers in Targeted-Bias Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with public employers in a decision that will restrict workers from suing over alleged job discrimination based on arbitrary or vindictive reasons aimed just at them.
Mark Walsh, June 12, 2008
2 min read
Federal National-Board Teachers Found to Be Effective
National Research Council, however, turns up little evidence, to suggest credential has transformed field.
Debra Viadero & Vaishali Honawar, June 11, 2008
5 min read
Federal 2 New Coalitions Seek Influence on Campaigns
Prominent education researchers say that K-12 schools won’t be able to produce changes in student achievement without the help of programs giving access to health care, preschool, and other services.
David J. Hoff, June 10, 2008
6 min read