Governor Matt Blunt to Sign Bill to Approve New Teacher Certification

Arkansas Education Task Force Recommends American Board Certification Program to Strengthen Quality of Public Education

WASHINGTON, DC (December 19, 2005) — The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (www.abcte.org) today congratulated the Arkansas Koret Task Force on K-12 Education on the release of its new publication Reforming Education in Arkansas. Produced by an 11-member task force, the book is a result of a yearlong study of the Arkansas’s education system.

The publication includes recommendations on how to reform education in Arkansas based on the study requested by Governor Mike Huckabee.

The 165-page report highlights a variety of topics including a section on Teacher Preparation and Certification. It recommends that Arkansas decide upon a new model of teacher preparation and certification. The task force proposes that ABCTE is a good partner for alternative certification.

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