Certified teachers get better results than untrained counterparts, new study finds

A News Release from Stanford University states:

A new six-year study by School of Education researchers shows that elementary students in Houston, Texas, consistently performed better when they were taught by certified teachers rather than by instructors lacking formal preparation.

Led by education Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, an advocate of teacher certification, the research specifically looked at the effectiveness of Teach for America (TFA), a program that sends graduates from the nation’s most prestigious colleges to work in disadvantaged school districts after only a few weeks of training.

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