The State Education Department has released the Preliminary Draft of New York State Teaching Standards for public review and comment. To view a letter from Deputy Commissioner Joseph Frey, the preliminary draft standards and the web response form, click on this direct link http://www.highered.nysed.gov/memos/memo07162010.html. The deadline for comment is August 16, 2010.

A Special Issue of Excelsior - "Transforming Teacher Education: Taking Stock of Our Evidence Base, Making Recommendations for Promising Directions" - is now available online.

The Call for Proposals for the Joint NYACTE/NYS-ATE is now available here. See the conference page for dates of the conference.

SUBSCRIBE TO EXCELSIOR - Attached is a form to subscribe to Excelsior, the journal of NYACTE. For a sample issue, click here.