It is stupid that being a teacher requires a degree in elementary or secondary education. I am a CPA, a gold key winner when I sat for the exam, but I do not qualify to teach high school accounting or financial planning in KS schools. I don’t qualify to teach elementary children reading, math, and English.
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This is one of the things being addressed in Scott Walker’s full budget bill for 2011-2013 - allowing people without a teaching certificate, but who hold a bachelor’s degree to teach in public schools. The teaching cert, as you probably well know, is tied to having a degree in education.