This essay reports on in-service teacher education as the "orphan" in educational operations in current demand by a variety of prospective users. It suggests that in-service teacher education is in a growth and development stage. (JMF)

Interpretation of responses to a national survey on teacher education indicated that goverance, research and development, substantive improvement of schooling, and staff development need to be conceived of as a totality, and dealt with by a cooperative effort by all those involved in teacher preservice and inservice education. (MJB)

This article discusses factors operating for and against educational reform. (JS)

The professional and career development of teachers is central to many educational reform theories and propositions. Career ladder proposals are examined in detail. Teacher leadership and empowerment are discussed as routes to enhance status of the profession. (JL)

This article provides a brief introduction to the RATE Project. The project seeks to gather accurate information about teacher education, establish trend lines and document changes, study the structures and processes involved in teacher education, and obtain reliable information upon which program development and change initiatives can be based.…

Efforts to reform teacher education are traced, and the need for a prestigious, permanent national body to bring educational constituencies together is proposed. Such an organization could work on national education problems, set certification standards, and do long-range planning on difficulties such as fluctuations in teacher supply and demand.…