Great teaching has long been seen as an innate skill. But reformers are showing that the best teachers are made, not born

The Economist:

a new way of training teachers. Rather than spending their time musing on the meaning of education, he and his peers have been drilled in the craft of the classroom. Their dozens of honed techniques cover everything from discipline to making sure all children are thinking hard. Not a second is wasted. North Star teachers may seem naturals. They are anything but.

. Related: MTEL, NCTQ and “When A Stands for Average“.