Third, teachers as a group are assigned the primary blame for the ills of the education system. Our deeply flawed teacher education system doesn’t prepare our teachers with the capacities needed for their roles. The very design of our teacher education system ensures such a perverse outcome. Those who have determined the course of teacher education are responsible for this deep systemic inadequacy. But that will happen only with structural and systemic changes in teacher education and professional development.

Source: Mint September 14, 2016 18:45 UTC