Education Savings Accounts are an innovative option for parents seeking to customize their child’s learning environment; they allow for every parent to supplement their child’s education— not simply those with the most means.
Who Teaches the Teachers?
Every state requires public school teachers to be “certified,” and most of that certification runs through a university school of education. New research by TPPF’s Kate Bierly asks a simple question: is that credential actually worth anything? The answer, backed by decades of data, is no. Teacher training used to happen in “normal schools.” The practical, two-year...