Established Normal Schools for teachers?
Who is Horace Mann
Teachers find evidence, state hypotheses, and find arguments that support alternative claims they want to teach
What is Authority of the rules to educate
Started to establish teaching as a profession by providing teachers with necessary skills to provide high quality education
What is the Normal School era
Teacher organization that originally focused on general improvement of education instead of teacher welfare issues
What is the NEA
Passes law that influences education and its funding.
What is the federal government
Added an extensive period of practice teaching
Who is James B. Contant
Develop an expertise that goes beyond subject matter supplied by schools
What is Authority of the Expert
Teacher Preparation became a four-year degree program at a college or university
What is the Progressive Era
Donates millions to support higher education research including Ford and Carneige
What are private foundations
Mandates qualifications of tecahers, number of school days and graduation requirements.
What is the state
The president who implemented the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
Who is Bush
Teachers understand where they teach and what teaching is authorized and accepted there
What is authority of community
Emphasized an intensive period of practice teaching similar to student teaching
What is the Contant Reform era
Teacher organization that used labor strikes as its most powerful weapon to gain teacher welfare concessions
What is the AFT
Includes Teach for America, Troops to Teachers and a national exam without taking a teacher prep program
What is the Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification
NJ Governor who created an alternative teacher certification in New Jersey.
Who is Governor Keane
The ideology that the schools support
What is the dominant class-ideology
Increased accountability for states, greater choice for parents and students, more flexibility in distrusting funds and emphasized reading.
What is the Contemporary School Reform
Uses personal influence to effect educational policies
Who are the government personalities/president
Holds ARTC to the same standards as teacher education programs but allows them to teach while earning certification
What is the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE)
Found several conditions that teachers find important for their job
Who is Karen Seashore Louis
Students must debate and discuss this in order to think critically
What are controversial topics
The Act that raised accountability of local school systems for educating all students.
What is the No Child Left Behind Act
Tries to attain maximum sales by not offending any group
Who are textbook publishers
Teacher salaries come from what sources
What are state and local property taxes