But it said teacher-preparation programs needed to increase their standards to improve the candidate pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teacher Training Is Panned] Reference

Recounting conversations with teachers throughout the country, Duncan said he was told "that their teacher-preparation programs failed them.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Fred Belmont: Teaching Teachers a Better Way] Reference

Arthur Levine, the former president of Teachers College at Columbia University who issued a highly critical report on teacher-preparation programs in 2006, said the recommendations were a good start.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teacher Training Is Panned] Reference

A panel of education experts has called for an overhaul of U.S. teacher-preparation programs, including a greater emphasis on classroom training as well as tougher admission and graduation standards for those hoping to teach in elementary and secondary classrooms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teacher Training Is Panned] Reference

Louisiana is overhauling its teacher-preparation programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas] Reference

The orthodoxy of parental incompetence began pervading teacher-preparation programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL] Reference

"To put it in the simplest terms, we believe teacher-preparation programs should be focused on results.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Campus] Reference

Those "learning gains" would also be used to judge colleges and universities 'teacher-preparation programs.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

Mr. Levine also emphasized endeavors to overhaul teacher-preparation programs at participating universities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Education Week American Education News Site of Record] Reference

"There are a significant number of teacher-preparation programs in the country doing an outstanding job," she added.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

These days, she works as a coach in a Chicago teacher-preparation program far different from the one she went through.    From Wordnik.com.  [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference

Class lessons must be thought out in advance, and teacher-preparation in itself meant a great change in teaching procedure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization] Reference

One of the areas Mr. Cibulka appears most excited about is the accreditation of such nontraditional teacher-preparation programs as urban teacher residencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Education Week American Education News Site of Record] Reference

At the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, the education secretary said many teacher-preparation programs were outdated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Campus] Reference

Currently, to enter teacher-preparation programs, college students can get as few as 35 percent of the math questions right and still pass the Basic Skills Test.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Even so, prospective teachers (including this author) have been taught in their teacher-preparation classes for the past 35 years that "high religiosity" is akin to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

"It is time to start holding teacher-preparation programs more accountable for the impact of their graduates on student learning," Mr. Duncan said in a speech in November.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Fortunately, value-added studies conducted in several states have begun to identify the features of teacher-preparation programs whose graduates have strong positive impacts in the classroom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Education Week American Education News Site of Record] Reference

Ed Fuller, a University of Texas researcher who has studied teacher-preparation programs, said the best ones send participants into schools to observe and practice their skills as much as possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

In a Dec. 12 editorial, The New York Times praised ULM, saying "This year's report, released earlier this month, gives high marks to the teacher-preparation program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.".    From Wordnik.com.  [thenewsstar.com - Local News] Reference

The think tank also suggests using state authority to intervene in low-performing schools, providing incentives to teach in high-poverty schools and holding teacher-preparation programs accountable for producing effective educators.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

These days, she works as a coach in a Chicago teacher-preparation program far different from the one she went through: Aspiring teachers are paired with mentor teachers for a full year in urban classrooms before becoming teachers themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] Reference

With such a profile in hand, states can better strengthen teacher-training programs, a much-needed step, since "three-quarters" of traditional teacher-preparation programs fall short of producing effective teachers, the report said, citing a 2006 study by Arthur E. Levine, former president of Teachers College, Columbia University.    From Wordnik.com.  [LeaderTalk] Reference

The U.S. education secretary, Arne Duncan, repeated his call on Friday for universities to create better programs to prepare teachers and principals in a speech to a teachers-college organization that he also used to respond to concerns about President Obama's proposed budget. teachers 'colleges last fall, Mr. Duncan said at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, in Atlanta, that many teacher-preparation programs at universities were outdated and needed to undergo "transformational change" to emphasize teacher quality, including knowledge of subject matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Campus] Reference