The great challenge for teacher education is to develop laboratory experiences that make the teacher education student more realistic about classroom teachers' group norms and the school bureaucracy without simultaneously damaging high expectations and ideals. (JD)

The print and electronic media approach the reporting of educational issues with negative simplicity depicting those in charge as unethical, incompetent, and engaged in some form of coverup. Examples of biased headlines followed by the real issues are given. (Author/MT)

Teacher certification programs operated by urban school districts are expanding at the same time that higher standards are being imposed on schools of education. Four proposals are made to reverse the trend of preparing high-quality teachers for small towns and suburbs while certifying anyone at all for urban schools. (MT)

Study examined how 227 White cooperating teachers and student teachers perceived goals of multicultural education. All participants focused on the individual, agreeing that tolerance and the ability to get along with others are the most important goals. Implications of teachers' apparent lack of awareness of group processes are discussed. (SM)

Study surveyed students in an alternative, multicultural teacher certification program to determine how well the Urban Teacher Selection Interview could predict the success of future urban teachers. Comparisons between their interview rankings and their rankings as classroom teachers indicated that degree of future teaching success can be…