A Letter to the VA Dept. of Ed. in Support of Continued Development of Reflective, Thoughtful and Professional Teachers

"Foundations of education provides invaluable insight to teachers in understanding why we do what we do as educators. It offers a broad historical, philosophical, and sociological perspective of the role of education and schooling in American society that "

"ESL Teacher"

"It should continue as it stands."

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"When I began teaching elementary school, it was the required social foundations course that finally led me to understand what was happening in my classes and made me an outstanding teacher with "hard-to-teach" students. Thank goodness I was required to ta"

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"It is a good foundation for all who are interested in teaching."

"Taking a Foundations of Education course has really helped to give me a necessary perspective on the wider goals and ambitions of education, and has also helped me to realize that if you don't know why you're doing something, you might not be doing it as "

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"8th Grade Language Arts Teacher"

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"Understanding the diverse needs of students is paramount to effective teaching."

"I certainly hope that cooler heads will prevail on this issue. Foundations is essential to all educators. We cannot know where we're going if we have no idea where we've been."

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"Asst. Professor, James Madison University"

"As an Education professor, I serve on Teacher Residency Committees to approve certification of teachers following their first year of professional service. The difference between first year teachers who have taken rigorous "School and Society" courses and"

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"Please do not further erode teacher education programs."

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