February 22, 2004 Highly Qualified teachers need not apply --The Bush Administration is trying to weaken teacher credentialing. Anyone familiar with Three-Card Monte knows it’s a game you can’t win. Keeping your eye on the money card is impossible, making the game a perfect street-corner hustle. It’s also a perfect analogy for the Bush administration’s policy on teacher quality. In a classic case of “watch what we say, not what we do,” the administration is setting high standards for public school teachers. Then, while our attention is diverted, it is covertly working to weaken the “alternate route” entry path for...
