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- The clips drought continues. (Sorry, Professor. I won’t blame you if you rescind your subscription at this point.) But here’s what we have: Response to Governor DeWine’s State of the State address continued late last week, including some remarkably direct and fully aligned statements from both legislative chambers on the topic of Ohio’s teacher preparation programs. To wit: “I am calling on every college and university president in Ohio – every provost, every dean of a college of education – to immediately align their teacher training programs with what we know works – and…that is the science of reading,” said the Governor on Wednesday. The chair of the House Higher Education Committee affirmed afterward, “The pathway is in place to move Ohio forward, and we will work with the universities who decide to implement this effort. Those who do not will not be preparing teachers in Ohio.” Wowza. The chair of the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee piled on in a Gongwer interview, saying that “We need to get a bigger commitment from our colleges of education.” He also said he plans to bring the question to university leaders during upcoming hearings. “If they’re not producing the kind of policies and programs that are in line with the intent of the legislature,” he warns, there are “tools” that can be used to get things properly on track. Strong stuff indeed. (Gongwer Ohio, 4/12/24)
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