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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 06:18 AM Original message |
Congress approves weird definition of 'highly qualified’ teachers |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Education courses make a teacher highly trained to teach calculus? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 07:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. of course not - being a CEO or a lawyer (even a constitutional lawyer) makes one qualified |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Don't be silly! |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That's the fight right now, and math and science are where it's coming to the fore |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The answer is both. Know your subject matter and know education. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Well, sure, that would be best |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Good questions. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Umm, those who teach secondary education don't face that dilemma, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. outside of primary school you already need training in both, at least where i live. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have nine years of college which includes a doctorate. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I hear you, but you could not get me near the current "Education" system anyway. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"----Hobbes. Minus Calvin. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. let's throw some additional greed into the mix via for-profit charter schools |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. There's no such thing as "for-profit charter schools" |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. *All* charter schoools are for-profit through real-estate loopholes and other loopholes. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. +1 |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. the bush's are not pushing education "reform" because they are good citizens |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. of course there are. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. IIRC, the stated NCLB goal is to have every teacher be "highly qualified" |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. When I moved to Oregon... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Right, every state makes its own definition (or did 5 years ago) |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I had all the experience and education required by the state. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. These profiteers who want to destroy our kids' education for profit need to be shown the door. (nt) |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. A bad move but it doesn't make any difference |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. A monstrosity and a joke |
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