U.S. Teacher-Licensing Debate Found to Echo In Asia
Comparison of training and certification cites patterns and parallels.
San Francisco
The scene is a televised debate, and the question is how to improve the quality of the nation’s teaching force.
On one side of the argument, a university scholar argues for raising the professional requirements for entry into the classroom. On the other, a top government education official, waving a thick report from a national teaching commission, contends that raising new barriers to entry will keep qualified candidates out of the classroom.
Although the argument may have a familiar ring for Americans, it actually took place thousands of miles away in Hong Kong, according to Kwok Chan Lai, the academic who was at the...
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