...learning from persons who are actually knowledgeable and experienced in their fields. To be sure, there are critics. Barnett Berry, spokesman for a national commission on teaching, says teachers need to know a lot more than just the content of...

...rural districts. "This is a dirty little secret that gets kept about how we're filling our classrooms," said Barnett Berry, president of The Southeast Center for Teaching Quality in Chapel Hill, N.C. In Jasper County, for example...

...have a handle on both," said Les Sternberg, dean of the University of South Carolina's College of Education. But Barnett Berry, executive director of the Southeast Center for Teaching Quality in Chapel Hill, N.C., said it's time to stop...