Are America's children better served by teachers prepared through traditional university-based education programs or a host of alternative pathways to the classroom? Christian Science Monitor attempts to tackle this contentious question in an ongoing series examining America's preparation of our teachers.

But drawing the battle lines based on these camps is a "false dichotomy" argues CTQ president Barnett Berry, "since there is often far more variation in quality and design within the two camps than between them." Instead, we need to raise our teacher preparation bar higher and recognize that "the vast majority of both traditional teacher-education programs and alternative certification programs are not meeting the needs of kids," argues Berry.

See how others respond to the issue of teacher preparation by reading the full article here.