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Originally Posted by epchick
Yes, there are probably certification programs that you can just pay money and get certified, but that doesn't mean that those people are gonna be piss poor teachers. Yes, not all teachers are gonna be "high" quality teachers, but you can't base that on anything except the person. And the teachers you mentioned probably came waay before NCLB. Like I said, NCLB didn't lower the bar on 'quality.'
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All certification programs are like that because essentially you are enrolling in classes and paying for them in order to get certified. You can get a passing grade in a class and still not know how to teach. And the point I was making was NOT that those people are going to be piss poor teachers just because they went through the programs. The point is that NCLB seems to stand for the notion that making people get certified will ensure that they are quality teachers when that is most definitely NOT the case. I don't understand why you would try to construe my comments about NCLB as LOWERING teacher quality. I clearly said that it did not necessarily IMPROVE teacher quality and often deters people who would otherwise be good in the classroom from actually getting a job in education. The teachers I mentioned did not come WAY before NCLB. They came AFTER.