A new study says teachers are not receiving the education that their jobs require
There is a tendency to fault students when they achieve poor results on standardized tests. A report released this week, however, suggests that the principal problem rests with teachers who lack education in their specialties and who never received proper training in how to lead a classroom.
The report, produced from a four-year study, was authored by Arthur Levine, formerly of Columbia University where he was the president of Teachers College. It was part of the Education Schools Project, a Washington-based initiative focusing on schools that is funded by several foundations.
