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The article discusses the Crisis Management Classroom training student teachers at West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas to handle emergencies such as tornadoes and active shooters. It discusses that the new classroom is equipped with new technolgy to train them with technology that is normally reserved for emergency responders. The decision follows a month after a shooting incident at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas.

The article discusses the author's claim that many colleges and universities in America are making it a priority to train graduate students to be effective teachers, and it mentions Clarkson University graduate assistant Eric Takyi from Ghana, as well as information about doctoral education in the U.S. According to the article, Clarkson University requires doctor of philosophy degree (Ph.D.) students such as Takyi to attend a five-week teaching boot camp.

The article presents two questions and answers related to teaching including some other responsible that a student teacher should experience and methods for evaluating the student writing in a science class.

The article discusses a study suggesting that Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) has people and resources that can help in assessing mentorship programs for beginner or preservice teachers.

The article offers information on Tufts University's Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship (STOMP) program. It states that the university initiated the program to adequately prepare teachers to teach engineering and technology, due to change in K-12 curriculum standards, to include engineering and technology. Furthermore, it also discusses Tufts University's integration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and its effort to expand STOMP outside its local area.

Reports on a study compiled by the International Society for Technology in Education, which showed that college teachers are not trained in the latest technology and therefore do not utilize it in their courses. How this trend affects student teachers; Recommendations made to integrate information-technology instruction into other teacher training courses besides those devoted to technology.