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DATE: FRIDAY, July 6, 1990                   TAG: 9007060772
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: KANSAS CITY, MO.                                LENGTH: Short

TEACHERS' UNION SHIFTS STAND ON CERTIFICATION

The nation's largest teachers union abandoned its resistance to allowing engineers, scientists and other midcareer professionals into the classroom while they study to become teachers.

The 2 million-member National Education Association had opposed so-called alternative certification programs because it said recruiting non-teachers to combat faculty shortages undercut traditional licensing programs.

The policy adopted Thursday during the first day of the union's four-day convention won passage because it established standards like mandatory bachelor's degrees, supervision by certified teachers and enrollment in teacher accreditation courses, officials said.

- Associated Press 


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