Urgent lesson for education schools . Not in today's schools. Where the No.1 union stands. A governor's quest for quality teaching. Elite recruits lead the way.
Demand grows for alternitive certification.
He was recently named teacher of the year. Mr. McKenzie, a young guy with a friendly yet intense bearing reminiscent of actor Cuba Gooding Jr., is good at communicating. The fourth-year teacher will do nearly anything to spark student interest in math. In many ways, McKenzie is exactly the kind of the kind of new teacher North Carolina is hoping for to bolster its teaching ranks. Now he is fulfilling his half of the bargain with a minimum of four years of teaching in the state.