The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education says it has already been working on such measures.Yet as long as accreditation is optional for teacher colleges, some weak schools and selective schools will keep opting out, says Arthur Wise, president of the council.
The country has more than 1,200 schools, colleges and departments of education, covering a spectrum of nonprofit and for-profit programs, undergraduate and graduate.
Levine says his report was meant to be optimistic.”I’ve spent most of my career at education schools,” he says. “I really believe in them.”
— Diverse staff and wire reports
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