How loaded can a question get?  Last week’s post drew readers like moths to a flame, striking a deep chord in a community that, at least from my admittedly quick and unscientific survey, remains mighty conflicted about credentialing.
Wrote one colleague (“Ghost Mentor in the Sky,” as she calls herself ): “I, too, cannot believe it [... click post title to read more ...]

Yesterday, I opened an e-newsletter from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment and saw red.  “Should you have a bachelor’s degree to work with young children?” screamed one of the headlines.  “Why are we even asking this question at this late date?,”  I emailed one of our field’s stalwart leaders.  “This drives [... click post title to read more ...]

The streets of my NYC neighborhood, deserted in the last weeks of August, are now humming with activity, as children and families return to school.  This comforting ritual, as predictable as the turn of the seasons, is accompanied by the growing clamor of calls for teacher quality and accountability.

Right before school began, New York State [... click post title to read more ...]