They are just doing the best they can with what they've got, says Pedro Noguera. First he grants the schools of education deserve some criticism.
It’s true that many schools of education don’t recruit the best students into the profession... and that too often the research produced in schools of education is of little use to public schools...As is true for American universities generally, there is considerable variability in quality among the nation’s schools of education.
Many graduates of even the best schools of education lack effectiveness in the classroom.
Graduates of teacher-credential programs at my university, for example, and at Teachers College, Columbia University, are highly sought after, even at a time when teaching jobs are scarce. Does this mean that they are highly effective when they enter schools? In many cases, they are not.
The game is rigged against these promising graduates.
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