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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... But just as you reject "the notion that anyone can walk off the street and teach," I reject the notion that certification/participation in an education program is the only way to produce good teachers.[/quote]
NP here.  I totally agree with this point.

[quote=Anonymous]I agree with you; specialized schools may require a different kind of training.  .... That being said, the bigger idea here is that there should be standards in education. Those standards should be explicit so all stakeholders are on the same page. [/quote]
I don't think anyone would disagree there should be general "standards" ... meaning that teachers should be effective at teaching.  But the devil is in the detail: What specific characteristics identify effective teachers?  And what "standards" should society ensure teachers embody those specific characteristics?

It's a bit of a rhetorical question, because I don't think any one true answer exists.  It's also a question our society is struggling with in various contexts.  The current debate over "high stakes testing" and using objective metrics to measure teacher performance is one good example.  All would agree our society needs to encourage effective teachers, and demand improvement from ineffective ones.  The very hard question is how to accurately differentiate between the two groups.[/quote]

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