Report On Teacher Training Puts Tennessee Among Top Three In US

WUOT | By Chrissy Keuper

Published June 18, 2014 at 8:33 AM EDT

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality measures the quality and effectiveness of teacher training programs in the US.

Tennessee, Ohio, and Texas have the most top-ranked teacher training programs in the country.

Nashville’s Lipscomb University College of Education and the online Western Governors University lead the state’s programs; both are also among the top 10 ranked elementary programs in the US and among the top 20 for secondary programs.

Overall, the report showed poor results nationwide, with most programs earning less than 50 points on a 125-point scale and only about 5% of elementary math training programs equivalent to those of other nations.

Chrissy Keuper

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.

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