High-Quality Teacher Preparation Is Needed
To the Editor:
Regarding the On Special Education blog post "House Extends Labeling of Trainee Teachers as 'Highly Qualified'" (July 19, 2012): The disability advocacy community has had good reason to be worried that a provision in federal law about who is considered a highly qualified teacher could be extended into perpetuity as misguided and union-squeamish lawmakers take...
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