by Sarah M. Recommendations from your teachers are vital to most applications, and particularly those for college. Still, they can be a mysterious part of the package, for students, since you do not get to see them. While there’s nothing you can or should do to directly affect what a teacher says about you, there are 4 tips you should keep in mind as you begin high school, in order
From the recent release of the PDK/Gallup poll on education, 81% of those surveyed thought that teachers should be required to pass board certification before teaching. As The Atlantic noted, a national certification exam for teachers already exists, although it is not required for every teacher. The poll results started up a discussion among educators on how U.S. teacher preparation could be improved. The American Federation of Teachers and the
How can we judge if a teacher should be tenured? This question was raised by many news sites last week when a California judge ruled that teacher tenure “impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.” As the reasoning went in Vergara v. California, teacher tenure currently keeps many ineffective teachers in schools and changing the tenure system would benefit student success. The ruling also stirred up passionate discussion
