Our guest for this episode is Kate Walsh, president of the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). We discuss the NCTQ’s surprising findings in their recent report, u003ca href=u0022https://www.nctq.org/publications/A-Fair-Chanceu0022u003eA Fair Chance: Simple Steps to Strengthen and Diversify the Teacher Workforceu003c/au003e. They found that the first-time pass rate for elementary teacher content exams is abysmally low: only 46 percent of candidates passed on their first try.u0026nbsp;We discuss possible explanations for the low pass rates as well as their effect on teacher diversity. [spp-player url=http://traffic.libsyn.com/voices4ed/24_-_Education_Post_-_Walsh_on_Diversiy_in_Teaching.mp3] [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“Everybody’s trying to protect higher ed from being embarassed. This is a consumer protection issue: people who want to study to be a teacher have a right to this information and it’s being withheld.” – Kate Walshu0022] u003ch3u003eEpisode Details:u003c/h3u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eThe most surprising results from the NCTQ reportu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow colleges are failing to prepare teachers for the licensing examu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eWhy Black and Hispanic examinees have even lower pass ratesu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eThe complete lack of transparency in the reporting of pass ratesu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eAre there viable alternative routes to teacher certification?u003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003ch3u003eLinks Mentioned:u003c/h3u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.nctq.orgu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopeneru0022u003eNational Council on Teacher Qualityu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/nctqkateu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopeneru0022u003e@nctqkateu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.nctq.org/publications/A-Fair-Chanceu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopeneru0022u003eA Fair Chance: Simple steps to strengthen and diversify the teacher workforceu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“Two thirds of all elementary teachers will admit in government surveys that they don’t know their content well enough.”u0026nbsp;– Kate Walshu0022]