... provided a short-term solution to long-term problems. Superintendent Thompson (Clarion-Ledger, May 2002) has advocated for a three-week summer "boot camp" to infuse more people into the classroom. Most educators and administrators realize this is a quantity response to a quality problem. Unfortunately, simply increasing quantity may whiplash the profession by suppressing salary advancement ... , perpetuating public criticism of instructional effectiveness, and placing a "faculty" (people) that may be difficult to remove once employed. Simultaneously, the traditional, accreditation-driven ...

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