Can the Burgeoning World of Online Teacher Training Improve Public Education?

At a time when brick-and-mortar teacher training programs are under fire, the burgeoning world of online teacher training has the potential to help or hamper efforts to improve public education. Internet classes could widen access to the profession and be a solution to teacher shortages. But if online training programs can’t ensure quality, they’ll instead just pump thousands of ill-prepared teachers into the system. Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report, June 29, 2012