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unstyledcontentlast Thursday at 3:53 PM2 repliesview on HN

"Those who study education quickly realize the surprising shallowness and inaccuracy of existing knowledge and practice: the curriculum and research output of education schools are driven by ideologically driven visions and fads. Most of the best information is found on isolated blog posts, within neighboring disciplines like cognitive psychology and behavioral economics, and in books written decades or centuries ago. As our project develops, we will organize and expand this knowledge to create a framework education schools have not."

This is absolutely true. I worked as a secretary at a university that churned out teaching degrees. It took 2 years to finish the degree (which was in addition to a bachelors) and was almost entirely non scientific fluff. I wish more educated, experienced people could become teachers without the beaurocracy of being certified. I think many people would choose to serve their communities as teachers for a few years, especially in retirement. A lost opportunity.


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f154hfdslast Thursday at 5:12 PM

In many states private schools don't need the same certifications as public institutions [1]. I'm sure they would prefer it in applicants but beggars can't be choosers.

[1] https://www.pa.gov/agencies/education/programs-and-services/...

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nradovlast Thursday at 8:45 PM

Some public school districts that are short of teachers will hire with just a Bachelor's degree, and then require you to obtain a teaching credential by a certain deadline. They might even give you some tuition reimbursement to help. Hiring criteria for substitute teachers also tend to be somewhat less rigorous.