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Teacher certification latest battle in political war of ideology.
Byline: Michael Tackett
WASHINGTON _ Like a lot of academics, Frederick Hess chose to roll out his political grenade in a formal report. It had neat columns, weighty footnotes and a predictably dry tone. But his message was quite clear: There are far too many barriers to being certified as a teacher.
In fact, he argued, a prospective teacher should be certified if he or she possesses a college degree, clears a criminal background check and passes a test measuring "essential teaching skills and mastery of subject matter."
Hess, a professor of education at the University of Virginia, has received a fair amount of attention, including being invited to the White House recently to speak at an education conference led by First Lady Laura Bush.
His report on teacher certification, however, was published by the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic group often at odds with traditional party creed. Not surprisingly, leaders of teachers' unions and some in the education…
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