Ongoing Efforts to Elevate Teachers' Capability and Status

by: Sheila Tobias and Anne Baffert

The publication of A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform in 1983, was more than just another report on the need for school reform. In this chapter, the authors examine the impact on teachers and teaching of some reforms, that, unlike high-stakes testing, are designed to elevate teachers’ status—the National Board Certification and Professional Learning Communities (PLCs).

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/1/2010Stock # PB280X_6

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