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NCLB, Like Shanker, Stronger On Standards Than Teacher Quality

By Alexander Russo — September 05, 2007 1 min read
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I’m still dipping around in Rick Kahlenberg’s new bio of Al Shanker (pictured), but this commentary about Shanker and NCLB (What Would Al Say?) reminds me of one clear Kahlenberg theme: Shanker was much more effective in pushing for standards and accountability than he was on teacher quality issues. In that sense, NCLB is very much an Al Shanker type of law: stronger on standards and accountability than on teacher quality. Alas, the teacher quality issue may be as or more important than anything else. But there’s precious little discussion about TQ in NCLB 2.0. What’s with that?

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