The U.S. education secretary, Arne Duncan, repeated his call on Friday for universities to create better programs to prepare teachers and principals in a speech to a teachers-college organization that he also used to respond to concerns about President Obama’s proposed budget.
Echoing comments he made at teachers’ colleges last fall, Mr. Duncan said at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, in Atlanta, that many teacher-preparation programs at universities were outdated and needed to undergo “transformational change” to emphasize teacher quality, including knowledge of subject matter.
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