1.   Teacher preparation, would then be mainly an initiation, learning the tricks of the trade from the old campaigners.

2.   But it makes no sense to correct cases of shoddy teacher preparation by throwing all pedagogical course work overboard.

3.   But performance generally declined in elementary school reading, teacher preparation, adult education, and college graduation rates among Hispanic students.

4.   Scheduling, he said, also is complicated by the need to set aside days for teacher preparation and development and bad-weather contingencies.

5.   She and another specialist, Louisa Cook Moats, previewed a position paper for the Orton society that they hope will goad educators to provide better teacher preparation.

6.   Teacher preparation.

7.   The American teachers Ma observed took more math courses than the Chinese who began teacher preparation after ninth grade.

8.   The president spoke Tuesday at a White House conference on teacher preparation hosted by first lady Laura Bush, who recalled her days as a teacher in Texas.

9.   --Forty-two states require teacher preparation programs to include technology, but just four require technology in teacher re-certification.

10.   That often means changing rules that limit teacher preparation to four-year colleges and universities.