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Require all schools of education to be accredited
"Will require all schools of education to be accredited."
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Subjects: Education
Accreditation proposal not yet advancing
Updated: Monday, January 11th, 2010 | By Louis Jacobson
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said that his administration would "require all schools of education to be accredited."
We found no public references to progress on this initiative using searches of Whitehouse.gov, Google and Nexis. In addition, at least one expert in the field was unaware of any moves to advance this promise.
The Education Department is busy encouraging educational reforms under the "Race to the Top" program, which was passed as part of the economic stimulus bill approved last February. But so far there's nothing specific about requiring accreditation for all schools of education. So we rate this promise Stalled.
Sources:Interview with Jane Leibbrand, the vice president for communications with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Jan. 11, 2010
Internet and Nexis searches that produced no results
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