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To: Land Shark who wrote (88252)	5/15/2012 11:29:57 AM
From: Cautious_Optimist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Teahaddist hell is when they are forced to read history and science textbooks, for eternity. Wouldn't be hell, for a healthy mind and heart.

To: Land Shark who wrote (88252)	5/15/2012 2:14:22 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

Education majors remain at the bottom of the academic barrel after four years of college. The National Institute of Education conducted a study of student performance on examinations (LSAT, GMAT and GRE) to gain entrance to graduate schools. Of 25 different undergraduate study areas, students whose undergraduate major was education scored at the bottom or at best second from the bottom. Education majors supply not only teachers, counselors and administrators, but also professors of education and leaders of the education establishment. Sowell says professors of education rank just as low among college and university faculty members as education students do among other students. Given low-quality students and low-quality professors, it is hardly surprising to discover that "most education courses are not intellectually respectable, because their teachers and the textbooks are not intellectually respectable." Neither is it surprising to find these people falling easy prey to fads and harebrained schemes. Does more teacher-training help? In the early 1960s, when student SAT scores peaked, fewer than one-fourth of all public-school teachers had a postgraduate degree; 15 percent lacked even a bachelor's degree. By 1981, when SAT scores hit bottom, a bit more than half of all teachers had master's degrees and less than 1 percent lacked a bachelor's degree. Advanced degrees do more for teacher salaries than student proficiency. The public-education establishment has a vested interest in the status quo that stifles competition. Competition produces winners and losers. Education majors have every reason to fear competition with other college graduates. They fear the weakening of iron-clad tenure rules and parental school choice. Professors of education, like their students, are also vulnerable. Competition would make their shoddy product more apparent. jewishworldreview.com