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22-598: The National Council on Teacher Quality was founded in 2000 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute . The council advocates for more rigorous teacher preparation, performance pay or merit-based teacher pay systems, educator equity, and a more diverse teacher workforce. Diane Ravitch, who was on its board at its founding, said they were conservatives who thought that teacher training institutions were "too concerned about self-esteem and social justice and not concerned enough with basic skills and academics." Its board once contained members of

44-552: A "consumer tool" based on measurable standards to inform consumers and drive change. Subsequent editions of the Teacher Prep Review were published in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. New data and analysis released in 2020 found teacher preparation made “significant progress on the science of reading instruction”. For the first time since 2013 the number of programs in the nation to reflect reading science has reached 51 percent, up from 35 percent seven years ago. However,

66-492: A chief executive to be chosen by the legislature to serve a term of three years, who would be ineligible to be president again until three years had passed after leaving office. The office of President was renamed Governor by the constitution of 1792 , which set the commencement date of the term to the third Tuesday in the January following an election, and limited governors to serving only three out of any six years. The term

88-494: A teacher’s life in those districts, from salaries and benefits to evaluation policies, length of school day and year and many other topics. The State Teacher Policy Database, previously the State Teacher Policy Yearbook, presents state snapshots on teacher policy regarding teacher preparation, recruitment and retention, and provides guidance to states on policy changes that improve teacher quality. There

110-544: Is Democrat John Carney , who took office on January 17, 2017. Before 1776, Delaware was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain , administered by colonial governors in Pennsylvania as the "Lower Counties on Delaware". In 1776, soon after Delaware and the other Thirteen Colonies declared independence from Britain, the state adopted its first state constitution . It created the office of President of Delaware,

132-563: Is a national overview and state analyses, and editions have been published biannually since 2011. Thomas B. Fordham Institute The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is an ideologically conservative American nonprofit education policy think tank , with offices in Washington, D.C. , Columbus, Ohio , and Dayton, Ohio . The institute supports and publishes research on education policy in the United States. The Institute's eponym

154-715: Is the head of government of Delaware and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces . The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Delaware Legislature , to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons , except in cases of impeachment, and only with the recommendation of the Board of Pardons. There have been 71 people who have served as governor, over 74 distinct terms. Three ( Joseph Haslet , Charles Polk Jr. and Elbert N. Carvel ) served non-consecutive terms. Additionally, Henry Molleston

176-804: The Reagan , Clinton , and Bush administrations . The organization is based in Washington, D.C. and headed by Heather Peske. Through an exhaustive and unprecedented examination of how these schools operate, the Review finds [teacher education programs] have become an industry of mediocrity, churning out first-year teachers with classroom management skills and content knowledge inadequate to thrive in classrooms with ever-increasing ethnic and socioeconomic student diversity. NCTQ Teacher Prep Review 2013, Executive Summary On June 18, 2013, NCTQ released its first report and rankings of teacher preparation programs,

198-634: The Teacher Prep Review , via news magazine U.S. News & World Report ' s website. The report found that teacher education programs did not satisfactorily prepare teachers, and referred to the field as "an industry of mediocrity". The study surveyed over a thousand programs, and rated them with exceptionally low scores overall. Less than 10 percent of the schools listed received three or more stars out of four, and only four schools received four full stars. The Associated Press 's Philip Elliott and PBS NewsHour ' s John Merrow called

220-584: The Columbus office and serves as a community school sponsor in its Dayton office. The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation was approved in 2004 by the Ohio Department of Education—making it the first nonprofit organization in Ohio to acquire such a responsibility. Current Emeritus List of Governors of Delaware The governor of Delaware (known as the president of Delaware from 1776 to 1792)

242-444: The districts that hire the program graduates, and instead grading schools by online and received documents, such as course syllabi. Critics agreed that teacher education program admissions criteria needed improvement. NCTQ's Teacher Contract Database houses information on teacher policies on over 145 school districts, representing the 100 largest districts in the country plus the largest district in each state. Users can learn more about

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264-470: The field, though only 114 institutions fully cooperated. About 700 institutions did not, in objection to the report's methodology. PBS NewsHour ' s John Merrow said that only 1% of institutions agreed to participate, which was a "boycott." The institutions felt that Kate Walsh had come to her conclusions before she started the study. But Merrow called it a "bad study," because they didn't go to campuses, but just read course catalogs and syllabi. However, it

286-434: The organization as "conservative-leaning." The headquarters of the think-tank operations are located in Washington, D.C. Led by Chester E. Finn Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli, Fordham publishes and supports research on K-12 education across the nation. Additionally, Fordham staff and board members remain involved in organizations that support and develop quality schools. Fordham-Ohio publishes research and does policy work in

308-430: The premises of the report, which were "data-mania" and standardized testing, which undermine love of learning and engagement with ideas. University of Kansas School of Education Dean Rick Ginsberg called the report's methodology "ridiculous", comparing it to an unsatisfactory student research paper. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten agreed that teacher education needed improvement, but said that

330-728: The report "scathing". The report stated that teacher education programs did not adequately return its students' monetary and time investments, or prepare first-year teachers with content knowledge and classroom management skills fit for diverse classrooms. Its suggestions for rectifying these problems were raising the criteria for admission to the programs and teaching "the most effective methods to help students". The rankings were based on 18 standards decided over eight years and 10 pilot studies. The study requested information from teacher education programs including textbooks, syllabi, graduate surveys, and admissions requirements. The report covers 1,130 teacher education programs, representing 99 percent of

352-514: The report resorted to "attention-grabbing consumer alerts based on incomplete standards" where it could have lifted the teaching profession with "a consistent, systemic approach". PBS NewsHour ' s John Merrow reported that many schools saw the results as a foregone conclusion based on NCTQ president Kate Walsh's reputation as "a harsh critic of teacher education" and thus refused to participate. The report's main criticisms were for not physically visiting programs, talking to students, or consulting

374-475: The report was "designed" to provoke teacher education programs to change the teacher skills taught in their curricula. Delaware Governor Jack Markell agrees with the organization, having passed earlier legislation to raise teacher prep entrance requirements. Michael Petrilli of the Fordham Institute similarly argued in favor of higher entrance standards. Diane Ravitch said that she disagreed with

396-619: The study found that only 19 states require aspiring teachers to pass a test that shows they've mastered research-based methods for teaching children to read. Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan commented on the report, saying, "“There has been a great deal of cynicism—and I include myself—regarding the capacity of teacher prep to make changes. I thank the National Council on Teacher Quality for refusing to turn their attention away from this issue. This progress gives me real hope." The Associated Press's Philip Elliott wrote that

418-707: Was a businessman and civic leader in Dayton, Ohio . His widow, Thelma Fordham Pruett, established the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in 1959 to support a wide range of causes in the Dayton area. In 1997, following the death of Pruett, the Foundation was relaunched, with a narrowed focus on education. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute joined the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in 2007. In 2013, the Associated Press described

440-545: Was also noted that, "this study (and the continued follow-up work of NCTQ) will have lasting impact on policy and practice—perhaps more so than any study in the past decade." In total, 608 institutions were included in the report. The council filed lawsuits in some cases to collect documents from schools that abstained. Of the 608 schools ranked out of four stars, 162 received no stars, 301 received one star, 100 received three or more, and only four received four full stars. NCTQ's Kate Walsh has said that her group intended to build

462-449: Was elected, but died before he could take office. Only four governors have been elected to two consecutive terms, with the longest-serving being Ruth Ann Minner , who was elected twice after succeeding to the office, serving a total of just over eight years. The shortest term is that of Dale E. Wolf , who served 18 days following his predecessor's resignation; David P. Buckson served 19 days under similar circumstances. The current governor

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484-406: Was lengthened to four years by the 1831 constitution , but governors were limited to a single term. The current constitution of 1897 allows governors to serve two terms. The 1776 constitution stated that if the presidency were vacant, the speaker of the legislative council would be a vice-president. The 1792 constitution has the speaker of the senate exercising the office when it is vacant, and

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