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Tomorrow's Schoo_s of Education: A Report of the Holmes Group. Holmes Group, Inc., East Lansing, MI. DeWitt Wallace / Reader's Digest Fund, Pleasantville, N.Y.; Rockefeller Foundation, New York, N.Y.

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113p.; Earlier related reports by the Holmes Group include "Tomorrow's Teachers: A Report of the Holmes Group" (ED 270 454) and "Tomorrow's Schools: Principles for the Design of the Professional Development School" (ED 328 533). The Holmes Group, 201 Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1034 ($14 prepaid; boxed set of the three Holmes reports $36 prepaid). Viewpoints (Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.)

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MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. College School Cooperation; Educational Change; *Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Faculty Development; Higher Education; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Partnerships in Education; Position Papers; *Professional Development Schools; *Schools of Education; *Teacher Education; *Teacher Education Curriculum; Teacher Educators Diversity (Faculty); Diversity (Student); *Holmes Group

ABSTRACT This report contains nine chapters: "A New

Beginning"; "The Heart of the Matter: Three Kinds of Development"; "Special Knowledge for Educators"; "Participating in Policy Development"; "Commitment to Diversity"; "Human Resources: Making People Matter"; "The Core of Learning: What All Educators Must Know"; "The Professional Development School: Integral to Tomorrow's School of Education"; and "New Commitments and New Kinds of Accountability for the TSE." To correct the problem of uneven quality in the education and screening of educators for U.S. schools, the report proposes an altered mission for schools of education. Knowledge development, professional development, and policy development lie at the heart of the mission. To fulfill this mission, the 250 Holmes Group member institutions are challenged to raise their quality standards and make important changes in curriculum, faculty, location of work, and student body. Among the challenges are the following: the education school's curriculum should focus on the learning needs of the young and development of educators at various stages of their careers; university faculties should include teachers, practitioners, and other individuals who are at home working in public schools; programs that prepare school personnel and teacher educators need to actively recruit, retain, and graduate a more ethnically diverse student body; faculty and students in schools of education should work predominantly in professional development schools rather than on college campuses; education schools should join together to form an interconnecting set of networks at local, state, regional, and national levels to ensure better work and accountability. (IAH)

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A report from the Holmes Group

Tomorrow's

Schools of Education

Primary support for the Tomorrow's Schools project, including the publication of this document, was provided by the Rockefeller Foundation, the Holmes Group member institutions, and the DeWitt Wallace Reader's Digest Fund. Support for the report and its distribution was also provided by Philip Morris Companies, Inc. The opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed herein are not necessarily those of the funding agencies.

Copies of Tomorrow's Schools of Education may be ordered from: The Holmes Group 201 Erickson Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1034

single copy (prepaid): $14.00 A boxed set of the Holmes Trilogy: Tomorrow's Teachers, Tomorrow's Schools, and Tomorrow's Schools of Education can be obtained from the same address at a cost of $36.00 (prepaid).

Copyright 1995 The Holmes Group, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America

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Table of Contents

Preface

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Foreword

A New Beginning

The Heart of the Matter: Three Kinds of Development

Special Knowledge for Educators

Participating in Policy Development

Commitment to Diversity

Human Resources: Making People Matter

The Core of Learning: What All Educators Must Know

The Professional Development School: Integral to Tomorrow's School of Education

New Commitments and New Kinds of Accountablity for the TSE

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