Mo. University Switches Teacher Ed. Accreditation Allegiance
A Missouri university that withdrew its membership and joined a rival accrediting group after being put on probation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education is now championing legislation that would lessen state oversight of teacher-training programs.
Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., which had been a member of NCATE for 39 years, dropped out last fall and became a charter member of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council.
The move followed a review by NCATE examiners that found numerous problems with Lindenwood's teacher education programs, including what the examiners cited as inadequate supervision of student-teachers and poorly designed field experiences for student-teachers. The private university graduates about 150...
This article is available to subscribers only.
To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article.
Subscribe to Education Week and Save
Get a full year and save up to 45%!
Viewed
Emailed
Recommended
Commented
- Superintendent
- Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County, FL
- Middle School Language Arts Teacher
- TEAM Schools, Newark, NJ
- Program Coordinator
- Institute for Educational Advancement, South Pasadena, CA
- Elementary School Teacher
- Success Academy Charter Schools, New York, NY
- K-8 Principal
- EdVantages/Performance Academies, Detroit, MI
