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A California activist group has sued the state commission on teacher credentialing, contending it is misleading the public by enabling teachers with emergency credentials to serve as "highly qualified" educators under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
The lawsuit focuses on the commission's creation of the "individualized internship certificate" three years ago. The policy allows teachers with emergency credentials who have demonstrated subjectmatter competence-but not yet completed all their pedagogical coursework-to teach and be considered highly...