Some students don't learn well, but are passed along to the next grade, anyhow. Few students internalize what they learn, relating new material to what they have previously studied. As a result of such factors, our educational system is permeated with remediation at all levels. Members of CASE well know that mathematics and science are continually developing and evolving, with the changes in the disciplines requiring that teachers reconsider what they teach and how they teach it. Thus, every teacher, no matter how well prepared initially, needs continuing professional development to remain current, just as a physician does.
Some school districts provide their own staff development to their teachers and administrators.
In particular, many teachers require extensive and sustained guidance in appropriate uses of instructional technologies. The Connecticut Academy for Education. To give readers a feel for the activities of CAE, we note here some of its undertakings, in addition to those already mentioned. There is not sufficient space to do more than sketch even these few examples. Articulation of School and College.