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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:09, let me tell you about a high school math teacher in one of the public schools, who had the license and certification, had the credentials, the secondary education degree with a supposed focus on math, and had been in the system teaching math for 20 years.  Yet, she evidently still didn't master the material, because she couldn't explain it well, couldn't answer students' questions, and her famous quote whenever a student would ask a question is "it's a desk because I said it's a desk".

And sadly she's one example among many - the public school system is chock-full of inept teachers like that.  You really aren't making any solid points here.[/quote]

Don't be ridiculous. It works both ways. Let me tell you about the many uncertified "teachers" out there who struggled mightily and left (or were asked to leave) because they had no conceptual background or practice in: classroom management, instructional design and delivery, child and adolescent development, pacing and sequencing concepts and skills, etc. etc. 
Like EVERY other profession in the world, there are stars and duds. However, certifications such as passing the CPA exam or real-estate exam heighten the chances that the employee has the skills necessary to do the job.[/quote]

Sure, there are poor teachers who aren't certified as well.  But the beauty of a charter is that their administration is far more agile and flexible toward quickly remedying any problems with teachers, whereas it could take years and years to weed out the bad teachers in DCPS.  Certifications are no guarantee.  If the DCPS approach and its certifications were really so much more likely to ensure that teachers have good teaching skills, then we wouldn't have DCPS schools full of kids that are barely proficient even on the watered-down CAS tests, so it seems to me that the actual results do not back up your theory that certification is more likely to ensure good teaching.[/quote]

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