With Indiana’s statewide teacher evaluation mandate taking effect this year, some state lawmakers say they want those ratings to reflect not only on educators but on where they went to college.
The State Board of Education will again consider controversial teacher licensure requirements after a rule change failed to go through before the March 31 deadline.
School districts say they still want job candidates with teaching degrees even after the Indiana State Board of Education passed a rule change that allows adjunct permit holders to become educators.
The REPA II teacher licensure rules have put two priorities of teacher prep in the spotlight: a teacher’s pedagogical skills and a teacher’s content knowledge.
The State Board of Education tightened the rules for non-education majors who want to teach in Indiana, adding a “pedagogy requirement” for teacher training instruction.
‘REPA II’ means you don’t need an ed degree to become a teacher in Indiana, but you will need specific training.
Here’s a look back at the StateImpact posts that generated the most discussion in 2012.
New teacher licensing rules in Indiana raise the question: does an education degree really make a good teacher?
In front of a vocal overflow crowd, Indiana’s State Board of Education approved Wednesday a broad suite of changes — known as “REPA II” — to the rules used to issue licenses and other credentials to educators in the state. State superintendent-elect Glenda Ritz was in the room as the executive panel approved the rules (which she opposed in [...]
A large crowd of parents, educators and advocates packed the State Board of Education’s meeting in Indianapolis on Monday morning as the executive panel met to consider a broad package of changes to Indiana’s teacher licensure guidelines. The proposal, known in shorthand as REPA II, has been controversial, as we’ve written. Supporters say the provision [...]
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