Building Better Teachers

National Review of
Teacher Preparation Programs

 

Press

We spend billions on teacher preparation in this country when you total it all up and the results are, overall, horrendous.
- Andy Rotherham
Co-founder,
Bellwether Education Partners
November 17, 2010

In January 2011, NCTQ and U.S. News & World Report announced the launch of our review of the nation's education schools. Since the launch of the review, our efforts have generated a lot interest from national and local press. A sampling of this coverage can be found below.

Coverage of the Review

Kate Walsh on Education Schools, Teachers on Testing (Audio)
Bloomberg EDU Podcast, May 4, 2012

Teaching colleges in Missouri, Illinois, balk at ratings
stltoday.com, May 4, 2012

Group threatens MnSCU with lawsuit over education documents
Pioneer Press, April 3, 2012

Education Colleges Cry Foul on Ratings
Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2012

Controversy Surrounds Teacher Preparation
NHPR, March 26, 2012

Selectivity vs. Diversity
Inside Higher Ed, February 23. 2012

Panel to Assess Methodology for Judging Teacher Prep
Education Week, February 21, 2012

Op-ed by former Education Commissioner of Florida John Winn
Orlando Sentinel, January 10, 2012

Op-Ed written by former University of Dayton Education School Dean, Tom Lasley
Chronicle of Higher Education, November 6, 2011

"...A view from the outside is just what is needed if teacher prep is ever going to undergo the changes they say are needed."
NPR, May 10, 2011

The only way to improve the quality of teachers is to improve the quality of teacher preparation in large colleges and universities...and the only way to do so is to differentiate the teacher programs from one another.
The Depaulia, February 28, 2011

Deborah L. Ball, the dean of the University of Michigan's education school, said in a statement that protesting the study would distract from conversations about how to improve the quality of teacher training.
Education Week, February 9, 2011

"This is coming at a time when you have this tremendous national push for improvements in teacher quality: Who's teaching the teachers?"
New York Times, February 8, 2011

NCTQ views members of the press—including student newspapers—as important partners in our work. If you would like to speak with someone about the review, please contact Arthur McKee at (202)393-0020 x.114 or at amckee@nctq.org.