Senate congressional committee to discuss teacher preparation

Date Posted: 3/24/2014
The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. CST tomorrow to discuss "Teacher Preparation: Ensuring a Quality Teacher in Every Classroom." To learn more about the hearing or to watch it live, click here. The panel will include:
- Dr. Edward Crowe, senior adviser of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, N.J.
- Dr. Mary Brabeck, Gale and Ira Drukier dean and professor of applied psychology, New York University, New York, N.Y.
- Dr. Mari Koerner, professor and dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
- Timothy Daly, president of The New Teacher Project, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Dr. Jeanne Burns, associate commissioner of teacher and leadership initiatives, Louisiana Board of Regents, Baton Rouge, La.
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