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Controversial Online Teacher Prep Program Allowed in Budget Provision
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 11, 2017
“A provision in the proposed state budget is raising the ire of educators and leaders of Wisconsin’s schools of education who say it would lower the quality of new teachers in the classroom, most likely in schools with the neediest children.
At issue is a measure that would require the state Department of Public Instruction to issue teaching licenses to graduates of an alternative certification program.
The budget doesn’t explicitly name a particular provider; state law prohibits that. But members of the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education said it’s almost certainly aimed at the Atlanta-based American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, a controversial nonprofit that operates in 12 states and has been trying to get a foothold in Wisconsin for years.”
Check out the remainder of the news story by Annysa Johnson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel here.
Also, see the statement released by the Wisconsin Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (WACTE).
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