While you're waiting for the Gadfly to appear in your inboxes (who isn't, honestly?) next Thursday (February 26), you could attend this neat event at AEI: Jim Cibulka, recently elected president of NCATE, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, will speak about the future of education schools. This is sure to be a fascinating speech since scads of research have appeared in recent months (see here, here, and here for starters) on alternative certification and its differences (or lack thereof) from traditional teacher training. NCATE and Cibulka himself are sure to play an important role in the ongoing conversation. The venerable Rick Hess will introduce Mr. Cibulka and a wine and cheese reception will follow. Registration starts at 3:45 pm and Senor Hess takes the podium at 4. Find out more and RSVP here.
