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Teachers’ Opinions On Teacher Preparation: A Gap Between College And Classroom, Jason Ashley
Teachers’ Opinions On Teacher Preparation: A Gap Between College And Classroom, Jason Ashley
Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education
Teacher preparation evaluation has expanded rapidly since 1998, pushed by “failing” rhetoric adopted by many educational leaders, such as Michelle Rhee, founder of the Students First organization. Led by the ideas and arguments put forth by Diane Ravitch, others think that there is too much focus on red herrings and that there are, in fact, problems with the educational system, but not the ones with which decision and policy makers have become enamored. Despite this dichotomy, the former group is prevailing, giving the American education system a narrative of inadequacy and failure, and making the idea of data driven evaluation, …