Decentralized government
Teacher certification a painful farce
I can't believe the comment, that there are people idiotic enough to blame the problems of teacher certification on too much government. It is idiotic because it's precisely that we have different competing authorities that make it a farce, such that Pennsylvania has a different requirement from that of Connecticut. This is why some people want the federal government to step in, so that it can standardize requirements, and it can assure that teachers who took their education courses in one state can be assured of a job in another.
This is similar to the medical community, in which California actually requires doctors from out of state or country to go to school and take another exam to get a license to practice in California.
It is not an example of more government as much as the problems of decentralized governments and districts disabling people from moving their certification between schools.
I can't believe the comment, that there are people idiotic enough to blame the problems of teacher certification on too much government. It is idiotic because it's precisely that we have different competing authorities that make it a farce, such that Pennsylvania has a different requirement from that of Connecticut. This is why some people want the federal government to step in, so that it can standardize requirements, and it can assure that teachers who took their education courses in one state can be assured of a job in another.
This is similar to the medical community, in which California actually requires doctors from out of state or country to go to school and take another exam to get a license to practice in California.
It is not an example of more government as much as the problems of decentralized governments and districts disabling people from moving their certification between schools.
posted by Alan at September 16, 2009
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