EDUCATION - Alternative Certification - Independence Institute

Amy Oliver Show: Preparing Teachers Better 0
- June 23, 2014
The National Council on Teacher Quality’s Arthur McKee highlights a new report that shows far too many teacher education programs are falling short.
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Amy Oliver Show: Are We Licensing Teachers Correctly?0
- March 20, 2014
Tim Farmer from the Professional Association of Colorado Educators talks about how the state and schools can help ensure having the best teachers in classrooms through an effective licensure process.
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Teachers Matter Author Headlines First Independence Institute Brown Bag Lunch Event 0
- April 16, 2012
On Thursday, April 12, the Independence Institute Freedom Embassy hosted its first-ever Brown Bag Lunch event with a presentation on the research that informs educator effectiveness policies. Manhattan Institute senior fellow and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor Dr. Marcus A. Winters shared the findings from his new book Teachers Matter with an audience
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Research Says Teachers (and Teacher Policy) Matter 0
- April 13, 2012
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor and Manhattan Institute senior fellow Dr. Marcus Winters discusses the major themes of his new book Teachers Matter. Learn what research has to say about how to identify, promote and reward effective teachers.
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Michigan: Just Another Case of Phony Alternative Teacher Certification “Reform”0
- July 29, 2010
From Michigan comes today’s reminder that education “reform” does not always mean real reform. History teacher Ryan McCarl writes for the Education Report that a new bill in his state designed to promote alternative teacher certification, well, really does very little or anything of the kind. In fact, he calls it “meaningless”:

The text of House […]
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Real Alternative Certification May Actually Help Boost Student Learning 0
- November 18, 2009
I’ve told you before about groups like ABCTE that are reaching out to top-notch professionals and making it easier for them to make an effective transition into classroom teaching. But where’s the proof this is a good idea for the bottom line of education?
In the new edition of Education Next, Daniel Nadler and Paul Peterson […]
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