Teacher Education

Revising Teacher Education: Meaningful Change or Window Dressing?

Mar 19, 2012 by Richard Vedder |

Will the newly formed accrediting agency for education schools enact some real reforms to improve K-12 education?

Professors Also Need to be Students

Mar 13, 2012 by Jason Fertig |

When you spend the bulk of your time driving, it's easy to forget how the car looks from the passenger seat.

Who Teaches College Professors How to Teach?

Mar 08, 2012 by Jason Fertig |

I have a dirty little secret.  No one has ever taught me how to teach - and that's the single biggest reason I still love teaching today.

Ed Schools Are a Big Part of the Problem

Jan 04, 2012 by George Leef |

American primary and secondary education is feeble, largely because uneffective Ed schools must certify teachers no matter what they know about the  subject matter they teach. Also, those schools cover precious little beyond… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >

What to Do About Ed Schools?

Aug 29, 2011 by George Leef |

In today’s Pope Center piece, I write about a new AEI paper reporting what has been widely known for a long time: education schools take in weak students and give them high grades. The author suggests that the schools should… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >

Keep the Critique Coming: Why Teacher Preparation Deserves the Spotlight

Aug 16, 2011 by Nicholas J. Shudak |

As education associations debate how and whether it's possible to measure the efficacy of the student teaching experience, a professor of teacher education argues that Americans must always be striving for educational reform.

A New System for Rating Ed Schools

Apr 27, 2011 by George Leef |

In today's Pope Center Clarion Call, Duke Cheston writes about the new system for rating education schools.

The Principles of Scientific Education Management

Feb 14, 2011 by David Clemens |

The ed-blogosphere overflows with predictions of a “higher education bubble,” but I find no mention of one thing that epitomizes the whole sorry mess:  the Ed.D. For many Ph.Ds, the Ed.D. represents the ticket… Continue Reading | 12 Comments >

A Comment on My “Dumbing Down” Piece

Jan 12, 2011 by George Leef |

Annonymous Comment: In order to obtain my "Professional License" in order to be allowed to keep teaching, I have to take a bunch of inane Graduate Ed School classes.  In order to pay for those classes, I have to take on a… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >

Social Justice and Censorship

Oct 15, 2010 by Glenn Ricketts |

On the release of a new FIRE video, NAS recalls our victory for freedom of conscience with an accrediting body and its biased "dispositions" requirements.

“Good Ideas, Bad Ideas” AQ Issue in Print

Sep 30, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |

The fall issue of Academic Questions examines both good and bad ideas in higher education, including trimming the glut of academic publishing, merit-based scholarships, teaching ebonics, and disseminating "light and truth."

How Do You View the Achievement Gap?

May 14, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |

NAS posted an essay, "Achievement Gap Politics," by an anonymous author whose story illustrates why ed schools try to keep students with non-progressive views out. The author writes:

First, you have to understand… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >

Achievement Gap Politics

May 07, 2010 by Anonymous |

A graduate's account illuminates why ed schools try to keep students with non-progressive views out.

Marxists in Schools of Education Respond to NAS Article

Dec 29, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |

Crosspost from www.NAS.org Two weeks ago I published an article about a Marxist journal that has seized authority in the education world. The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (JCEPS) is… Continue Reading | 8 Comments >

FIRE Reports: U Minnesota Promises Not to Mandate Beliefs

Dec 23, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |

The Foundation for Individual Rights has announced that the University of Minnesota, in response to a letter from FIRE, promised that "[n]o University policy or practice ever will mandate any particular beliefs, or screen out people… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >