EarlyStories - Commentary on Coverage of Children’s Learning (Why and How Well-Educated Teachers Matter)

Welcome to EarlyStories, a weblog written (mostly) by Richard Lee Colvin, the director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, Teachers College, Columbia University. It contains commentary on coverage of issues (in newspapers, magazines, television, radio, blogs) related to early childhood education, broadly defined, inside and outside of schools, preschools, subway cars, living rooms and the dining table.

Why and How Well-Educated Teachers Matter

Posted by Richard Lee Colvin on March 20, 2007 10:03 PM

This op-ed column by a former president of the American Bar Assn. includes particularly compelling descriptions of why and how well-prepared and skilled pre-kindergarten teachers matter. Some of the insights here would be useful to those reporting on the Head Start reauthorization bill, which in its current form would require more of the teachers to gain college degrees.

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