Nichols Speaks with MPBN, BDN About Teacher Prep Programs

William “Dee” Nichols, dean of the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Bangor Daily News about UMaine’s low rating in a national study on teacher-training programs. Nichols questioned the methodology and goal of the National Council on Teacher Quality study that ranked 1,430 education programs around the country using a zero-to-four-star scale.