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Wednesday, November 02, 2005
UD SALUTES... ... the National Association of Scholars, which has filed a complaint with the Department of Education against NCATE (the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education) because of their "dispositions" requirement for America's teachers [UD has had what to say about the dispositions requirement in a variety of posts on this blog, but go here for a calmer attack]. The head of NCATE has issued a strangled, inarticulate response to the suit: Arthur E. Wise, president of NCATE, said that the complaint was a “fabrication” about his group. Wise said that the “dispositions” requirements reflected the need for education schools to know how their students would perform as teachers. NCATE needs to know that there is a good system in place, he said. Let's work on our grammar and clarity and get back to the press on this one. ------- via inside higher ed |