{"id":2553,"date":"2013-01-30T10:27:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T14:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2013-01-30T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T14:27:42","slug":"new-pathways-for-teachers-new-promises-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/new-pathways-for-teachers-new-promises-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pathways for Teachers, New Promises for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"AEI\"<\/a>In a recent AEI Teacher Quality 2.0 report, Timothy Knowles argues persuasively for radical changes with a practical mindset. His article is called \u201cNew pathways for teachers, new promises for students: A vision for developing excellent teachers.\u201d Knowles, John Dewey Director of the University of Chicago\u2019s Urban Education Institute<\/a>, writing as part of the American Enterprise Institute<\/a>\u2019s Teacher Quality 2.0 series, focuses on reform of teachers and concludes, \u201cIf we are to significantly improve academic outcomes for American children, we must re-conceptualize what it means to teach, and build ambitious new systems to recruit, prepare, place, retain, incent, and hold individuals and institutions accountable for results. . . And, finally, everyone\u2014organized labor included\u2014must put a stake in the ground, and take unfamiliar steps toward making teaching a legitimate profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

The article makes compelling arguments for changes that are big enough to offer hope of real change yet realistic enough to be feasible certainly. Knowles consolidates his recommendations into six categories:<\/p>\n