NCLB generating new leaders

Mike Petrilli over at Flypaper wonders if NCLB has created a new breed of education leaders by looking at superintendents of large school districts.

It got me thinking about the other dramatic shift that seems to have been caused by NCLB through the highly qualified teacher requirement. Over the last 18 months, 5 different state directors of teacher certification have suddenly retired: Kansas, DC, Louisiana, Colorado and Georgia.

This is no small shift. The directors were considered leaders in the teacher certification world and, more importantly, from a reform perspective were dead set against alternative teacher certification.

Ten percent turnover is a pretty big deal. This sea change will open the doors in these states to new certification options and will provide expanded markets for ABCTE.

Exciting times…