August 8, 2008

Congress Presses Colleges to Produce More Teachers in High-Need Subjects

By Kelly Field

Washington

The mammoth higher-education bill that awaits the president's signature would hold colleges accountable for producing more teachers in subjects that face shortages.

The bill, which would reauthorize the Higher Education Act, would require colleges with teacher-preparation programs to set "quantifiable goals" for increasing the number of prospective teachers in areas such as mathematics, science, special education, and English as a second language. Colleges would have to report

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