Additional Teacher-Quality Guidance Issued
With the clock ticking down to the 2005-06 deadline set by federal law for a highly qualified teacher in every core-subject classroom, state education officials are welcoming the latest guidance on the subject from the U.S. Department of Education.
At the same time, neither the officials nor the educators awaiting their policies pretend that the complicated matter of determining who meets the "highly qualified" standard in the No Child Left Behind Act, let alone the path to more good teachers in underperforming schools, has been settled by last month's 42-page paper.
"The new guidance has been helpful because it has clarified some questions states have brought out," said Cindy Prince, the director of teacher professional development for the Council of Chief State School Officers. "But there are some areas in which...
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