This article explores responsibilities of colleges of education in the move to reform the education system. (DF)

There is evidence that universities are structurally and philosophically incapable of providing the training that practicing teachers and school administrators need. A case should be made for deferring teacher education courses until after the bachelor's degree and then providing an intensive, state-sponsored professional program at teacher…

This essay looks at the background of teacher competency testing and the conditions contributing to dissatisfaction with the educational system. Short-term consequences of testing are described. (MT)

In an era of resource scarcity and diminished expectations, schools of education must make critical decisions about their degree programs in early childhood education. Reasons for de-emphasizing early childhood education should be balanced against its challenges and rewards. (FG)

The issue is no longer whether control of teacher education will shift away from institutions of higher education, but to what extent, and to which of the interest groups now vying for control of major program components it will shift to. The impact of potential changes in preservice and inservice teacher education, field experiences,…

This article enumerates the implications of the Bakke case for the American educational system and presents alternatives that include the development of an educational system beginning in kindergarten that prepares minority students for professional schools. (JMF)