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A college of education that's part of the solution

"The idea was to have a college of education that was part of the solution, as opposed to one that was only defining problems," Ms. Koerner said. "For a research level-one college, it's a different perspective."

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University teacher ed programs need revolutionary change, not evolutionary tinkering

“By almost any standard, many if not most of the nation’s 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st century classroom,” Duncan said in a major speech at Teachers College, Columbia University. “America’s university-based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change--not evolutionary tinkering.”

via ed.gov

Add university educational leadership programs to that list too, Secretary Duncan...

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