Great Teachers on the Fast Track

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How Do I? Build Our Organization Develop a Strategy Fund Our Mission Manage Performance Recruit Leaders I'm Interested In... Education Environment Philanthropy Youth Other Leadership and Careers Board Members Chief Operating Officers Chief Financial Officers Move to a Nonprofit Career Current Jobs at Bridgespan Current Job Openings Board Member, Housatonic Habitat for Humanity Director, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law Talent Management Coaches – Policy Team, The New Teacher Project Find a Job/Post a Job >> Newsletters & Alerts Enter your email address below to sign up for your choice of Bridgespan's *knowledge, careers, and leadership* newsletters and alerts.	Share \| Great Teachers on the Fast Track Published Date: 2009-08-24 Author(s): Susan J. Colby Tia Martinez Since 1970, the United States has put fewer and fewer teenagers through secondary school. As a result, the country is quickly losing its competitive edge. To reform education, we know that we must get great teaching and great learning in every classroom. But to do this, argue Bridgespan partner Susan J. Colby and manager Tia Martinez, Americans must first reject an endemic and persistent myth: Traditionally certified teachers are the most effective educators. In this Fall 2009 Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion piece, Colby and Martinez discuss alternative pathways to teacher training as the real answer to education reform, and cite a number of successful programs currently under way as examples. Click here to download the full article Share \| Comments: View Comments: 0 Send us your comments! * Name: * Email: * Comments: « Top of page This work by The Bridgespan Group is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at Bridgespan's Terms of Use page.	Special Sections Government Innovation Initiatives Explore tools, frameworks, and other resources related to Promise Neighborhoods, the Social Innovation Fund and other government innovation initiatives. Read more>> Donating $600 Billion is Just Step One Philanthropists frequently aspire to be innovators and catalysts. Now they have a chance to step up to the challenge. Read more>> The Power of Positive Failure Bridgespan Partner David Simms says there's much to learn from when we fall short, if we're willing to admit to our mistakes. Read more at HBR.ORG>>