Carnegie Corporation Invites 4 Universities to Submit Proposals f

Dear Service-Learning Colleagues,

The Carnegie Corporation of New York ( http://www.carnegie.org/ ) has
invited four higher education institutions to submit proposals to
participate in a $40 million initiative designed to strengthen K-12
education through improved education programs at colleges and
universities.

The Teachers for a New Era initiative will stress three main principles:
that presidents of colleges and universities promote education schools
within the university community; that faculty in the arts and sciences
collaborate with faculty in the education department to ensure that
prospective teachers receive a solid education in a variety of
disciplines; and that teaching should be established as a clinical
profession, with students mentored by master teachers in a formal
residency program as they transition from college to classroom.

The four institutions asked to submit proposals -- the
Bank Street College of Education ( http://www.bnkst.edu/ )
in New York City; California State University, Northridge
( http://www.csun.edu/ ); Michigan State University
( http://www.msu.edu/ ); and the University of Virginia
( http://www.virginia.edu/ ) -- have already embraced
these beliefs as critical to teacher education.

Schools selected to participate in the initiative will
perform research on higher education programs and develop
new programs designed to challenge and inspire their peers.
Each school will receive up to $5 million over five years
and will be required to match that investment. Carnegie has
committed more than $30 million to the initiative, while
the Annenberg Foundation ( http://www.whannenberg.org/ )
in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, and the New York City-based
Ford Foundation ( http://www.fordfound.org/ ) have pledged
$5 million each.

"Teaching reform is central to school reform, and these
institutions are pioneers in the movement," said Carnegie
Corporation president Vartan Gregorian. "If we really want
to improve student achievement, we have no choice but to
improve teaching. As the 19th century French philosopher
Victor Cousin succinctly put it, 'As is the teacher, so
is the school.'"

"Four Universities Asked to Submit Proposals for Reforming
Teacher Education in Carnegie Corporation of New York's
Initiative, 'Teachers for a New Era'."
Carnegie Corporation of New York Press Release 04/10/02.

http://www.carnegie.org/sub/news/teachers.html

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