Today a coalition of over 30 education reform organizations sent the attached letter urging the Obama Administration to proceed with regulations to hold teacher preparation programs accountable.
Each year, some 200,000 schools of education graduates and alternative route participants are newly placed in American classrooms. Too often, they themselves and their employers discover that they are ill-prepared to teach and as a consequence the children in their classes do not have the opportunity to learn to their utmost potential. Students from historically disadvantaged groups, who year after year are taught by the least effective teachers, are by far the most frequent victims – often with life-changing consequences – of the deficiencies in our teacher preparation and placement system.
Please read the full letter here.
List of signees include:
50Can
A+ Denver
Achievement First
Advance Illinois
Association of American Educators
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Chiefs for Change
Communities for Teaching Excellence
ConnCan
Council of Great City Schools
Democracy Builders
Democracy Prep Public Schools
Democrats for Education Reform
Education Reform Now
The Education Sector
The Education Trust
Educators 4 Excellence
EdVoice
Eli Broad
Foundation for Excellence in Education
Kevin Carey, Director of Education Policy Program,
New America Foundation
The Mind Trust
NCLR (National Council of La Raza)
National Council on Teacher Quality
NewSchools Venture Fund
New York City Charter School Center
Relay Graduate School of Education
Step Up for Students
Students for Education Reform
StudentsFirst
Success Charter Network
Teach for America
TeachPlus
TNTP
Uncommon Schools