The Washington Times
  • Subscribe
  • Times News Services
  • RSS
  • Mobile Headlines
  • e-edition
  • E-MAIL ALERTS
  • REGISTER
  • LOG IN
  • E-MAIL ALERTS
  • WELCOME
  • Your Profile
  • Log Out
  • Front Page Image
  • Classifieds
  • Autos
  • Real Estate
  • Jobs
  • Special Sections
  • Customer Service
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Sports
    • NFL
    • NBA/WNBA
    • MLB
    • NHL
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Motorsports
    • Soccer
    • NCAA
    • Olympics
    • Outdoors
    • Other
  • Culture
    • Home & Living
    • Family & Kids
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Washington Visitors
    • Books
    • Military History
    • Life
    • Auto
    • TV Listings
    • Movie Listings
    • Death Notices
    • Entertainment
  • Themes
  • Communities
  • Marketplace
    • Autos
    • Jobs
    • Real Estate
    • Classifieds
    • Shopping
    • Dining Out
    • Education
    • TWT Store
  • Videos
    • Two Guys
    • Birnbaum on Washington
    • Liz Glover
    • Amanda Carpenter
    • Morning Briefing
    • Documentaries
    • Joe Giganti
    • Video Game Minute
  • Podcasts
    • About Headlines
    • Audio and Radio
    • America's Morning News
  • NFL

    Same old problems plague Redskins

  • Politics

    Obama: It's Senate's turn on health care

  • Security

    Army chief wary of backlash against Muslim soldiers

  • Sports

    Offense erupts in Caps' victory

  • National

    KUHNHENN: 10% jobless rate is Obama's troubling world

  • World

    Joint forces probe NATO air strike

  • National

    Fla. shooting suspect 'mentally ill'

Friday, August 15, 2008

WINTERS: Qualified teachers wanted

Rate this story

Average 0.00
after 0 votes
Login or register to rate this story

Mastering the school of hard knocks

  • Font Size -+
  • Print
  • Email
  • Comment
  • Tweet this!
  • Share
  • Article
  • Comments ()
  • Videos
Subscribe to this story's comments

JLS

"The lesson of this research is that variation in the performance of teachers appears to be the result of innate characteristics that are unaffected by training. Some teachers are good, some are bad." ...which is an important reason why homeschooling works. When parents decide to teach their own children at home, they are acting on those "innate characteristics" of parenting which include teaching our children, combined with a dedication to seeing our children succeed in whatever their calling is in life.
Mark as offensive

chiefgalles

THe chances of large-scale or even significant alternative teachers being employed in the U.S. is signifdicantly smaller than even the chances of a vouchers system to get around the monopoly of the NEA and AFT unions on control of teachers. Until the individual schools regain the right to determine the pace and content of curriculum, pregress will be slow and for the most part non-existent.
Mark as offensive

kltuttle

One of my fellow professors, he was one of my favorite profs when I was a student, told me that most of his high school teachers had Ph.D.s. That must have been in the fifties in New York City. I was shocked and dissapointed when I learned that I could not teach high school if I wanted. I am qualified to teach college but not high school. Well I decided the solution that I would seek if I were governor of Oregon ever, would be to arrange things such that all of Oregon's college graduates were certified to teach in Oregon at any level. I do not know what the minimum is that it would take to make a non-education major qualified to teach school but I think we could achieve that.
Mark as offensive

B472PIC

Why should presidential candidates discuss education issues? There is no Constitutional justification for any federal involvement in education. That is a state/local responsibility. Unless and until the citizens of each state/locality get serious about education and break the stranglehold of the NEA/AFT, nothing will happen. We've been sold a bill of goods that these "professionals" will take care of everything because they're trained to teach. Hah!
Mark as offensive

Post a comment

There are comments on this article, submit your opinion!

Please login or register to post a comment

Top Stories

Most Read

  1. EXCLUSIVE: Rare virus poses new threat to troops
  2. Parents buying homes for kids at college
  3. EDITORIAL: Too scared to recognize terrorism
  4. House OKs health reform bill
  5. Inside the Beltway
More Top Stories »
  1. Sniper's ex-wife speaks out on abuse
  2. Annandale man killed in hit-and-run
  3. Aborted fetus cells used in beauty creams
  4. Sunshine vitamin stirs new debate
  5. PRUDEN: Corpse sits up, gets nice salute

Most Shared

  1. Parents buying homes for kids at college
  2. EXCLUSIVE: Rare virus poses new threat to troops
  3. EDITORIAL: Too scared to recognize terrorism
  4. Sunshine vitamin stirs new debate
  5. Obama's unlearned lesson
More Top Stories »
  1. NSA surveillance -- of you?
  2. Aborted fetus cells used in beauty creams
  3. PRUDEN: Corpse sits up, gets nice salute
  4. EDITORIAL: The negative Obama factor
  5. Looking to 2010, GOP focuses on fiscal restraint

Most Commented

  1. House OKs health reform bill
  2. EDITORIAL: Too scared to recognize terrorism
  3. Furious scramble for health reform support
  4. Muslims stunned by Fort Hood shooting
  5. 'Gentle' Army psychiatrist displayed worrisome signs
More Top Stories »
  1. Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence
  2. Army chief wary of backlash against Muslim soldiers
  3. Making fun of faith
  4. Israelis unsure of U.S. support
  5. Obama: It's Senate's turn on health care

Listen to Washington Times Radio

  • America's Morning News

    with John McCaslin and Melanie Morgan

Blogs & Columns

  • POTUS Notes

    New Dem talking point on Obama approval doesn't wash

  • The Back Story

    12 arrested at Pelosi's office

  • Belief Blog

    Washington goes Greek this week

  • Out of Context

    Foods that might kill libido

  • Technology

    Facebook wins round against phishing spammer

  • On the Fly

    United lifts some 'award' blocking

  • Redskins 360

    Samuels feeling better, hopeful

  • Tara's Two Cents

    On their way to summer vacation..

  • SNOBlog

    Beyond 'Woody'

Videos

Advertising Links
TWT Store
  • e-edition
  • Print Edition
  • Weekly Washington Times
TWT Affiliates
  • Middle East Times
  • Golf
  • UPI
  • Arbor Ballroom
  • Washington Times Global
  • About TWT
  • Press Room
  • F.A.Q.
  • Work for TWT
  • Advertise
  • Sponsors
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map

All site contents © Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC.