Senate congressional committee to discuss teacher preparation

The United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. CST tomorrow to discuss "Teacher Preparation: Ensuring a Quality Teacher in Every Classroom." To learn more about the hearing or to watch it live, click here. The panel will include:

• Dr. Edward Crowe, senior adviser of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, N.J.
• Dr. Mary Brabeck, Gale and Ira Drukier dean and professor of applied psychology, New York University, New York, N.Y.
• Dr. Mari Koerner, professor and dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
• Timothy Daly, president of The New Teacher Project, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Dr. Jeanne Burns, associate commissioner of teacher and leadership initiatives, Louisiana Board of Regents, Baton Rouge, La.