Disparate Teacher-Prep Curricula Complicate Accountability Efforts –Education Week

What are the bare-bones prerequisite requirements for K-12 educators? States have greatly varying degrees of oversight on teacher-prep curricula, adding to the confusion of national accountability efforts. According to Education Week, “for some observers of the field, the relative leniency of states in reviewing their teacher-preparation programs is symptomatic of a general lack of agreement on what candidates should learn, and how they should learn it.”