While Education Secretary Rod Paige and the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future battle over whether traditional teacher education and state certification guarantee teacher quality, Martin Haberman contends that both sides are missing the point. To find teachers who will help poor children, Haberman says, we must identify individuals who not only know their subjects but also have personal qualities that will allow them to succeed in dysfunctional schools ruled by unhelpful bureaucracies. For more see "Who Is and Isn't Qualified to Teach?" by an anonymous Washington Post staff writer (Some Post reporters are withholding bylines this week as part of a pseudo-strike), The Washington Post, October 1, 2002.
