Education Week (6/23, Klein) reports that a bipartisan group of key Senators has introduced a bill called the "Growing Excellent Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals Act," under which "teacher training programs would be held accountable for producing educators who demonstrate the ability to boost student achievement before they even graduate." Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D), Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander (R) and Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) introduced the measure.
The Grand Rapids (MI) Press (6/23, Murray) also reports on this measure and the "influential" group of Senators who introduced it. "Under the bill, states would designate academies to train teachers and principals, and those schools would have to use a rigorous admissions process and emphasize hands-on experience."
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