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Podcast: The Reading Instruction Show
Episode: FAST-TRACK TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS: THE SPAGHETTI MODEL
Description: One of the ideas for getting more teachers of color into the classroom has been to look at fast-track alternative teacher preparation programs such as Teach for America. These kinds of programs are usually based on the spaghetti model: Throw enough spaghetti on the wall and some of it will stick. In other words - throw a bunch of low-paid, poorly prepared teachers into the classroom and some will eventually stick around, making it to a second year.Let me ask you this: Would you go to a fast-track dentist? What about a dentist who was part...