After three weeks off for winter (Christmas?) break, it is time to put the shoulder to the grindstone again. I spent my last day of freedom grading a stack of student work! What fun, and I still have a load to finish up before Tuesday night at 11:59 p.m. Not sure why, but I looked at my emails and found this lovely.
Indiana Board Approves New Teacher Licensing Rules.
The AP (1/7, Martin) reported that the Indiana panel "overseeing teacher licensing has approved new rules Indiana's state superintendent says will allow future educators to spend less time learning how to teach and more time focused on subject matter*. The Division of Professional Standards Advisory Board on Thursday approved the proposal, which had drawn sharp opposition from universities and others who said Superintendent Tony Bennett shouldn't dictate college curriculums." The "rule approved Thursday allows students who want to be high school teachers to major in secondary education, but only if a college's secondary education program meets or exceeds the content requirements of a specific subject major, such as math or physics."
*Yeah, why the hell would we want teachers to know 'how' to teach. Hell, anybody can teach! It's easy. As long as they know the subject matter, right? Hmmmmmm, not so much. I've run into a bunch of brainiacs who know their stuff, but can't teach a kid with a learning disability if their lives depended on it. Gawd, it just gets better and better, don't it? Thanks YHWH I don't work in Indiana.
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