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Every prospective teacher in Minnesota would have to complete a yearlong internship, under a plan outlined by the Minnesota Board of Teaching.

The board's proposal, presented to the legislature late last month, would replace student teaching as it now exists in Minnesota, according to Kenneth Peatross, the board's executive director. Instead of student teaching, aspiring teachers would undergo a clinical internship similar to that which doctors complete in teaching hospitals.

Each professional-development school, as they are known, would train 10 to 20 interns, Mr. Peatross said. Veteran teachers as well as instructors from higher education would work with the interns in a variety of classroom settings, and the interns would also complete a series of performance-based assessments designed...