Florida Group Looking At Standards For Principals, Teacher Schools

Leslie Postal writes at the Orlando Sentinel (9/13) "Sentinel School Zone" blog that in accordance with Florida's Race to the Top commitments, a state panel is scheduled to meet "to discuss standards for school principals," noting that next month, the committee will "look at ways Florida can evaluate its teacher preparation programs. Already, the Florida Department of Education has been crunching FCAT data and tying student test scores to their teachers - and then back to the teachers' college or university (or alternative teacher-prep program)." Postal notes that two years ago, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that the "country needed 'revolutionary change' in its teacher prep programs."