Anse:

It's not that different. The TFA guys get certified while on the job. It's called ACP, the Alternative Certification Program. They get stuck taking useless education classes in the evenings while working full-time in the classroom. I've never heard them say anything good about the classes. They sound about as valuable as the ones I took as an undergraduate.

But Anse, what you are presenting is such a logical fallacy. You think education classes are bogus. I get that, but that is only one of my many arguments against TFA.

And just because you have this terrible experience with education classes doesn't mean that TFA is the solution. Wouldn't a more logical and efficient solution seem to be.....wait for it.....making the credentialing process more rigorous.

What you advocate is the equivalent of me saying: I think Law School was a waste of time, so anyone should be allowed to practice law. That logic just isn't sound.

How about instead we raise teacher pay, raise the rigor in credentialing programs, and hire more teachers to lower class sizes?

TFA is a crappy band-aid on an amputated limb.