The development of 14 National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) school-university partnerships to achieve school renewal and educator education is assessed. The first three sections constitute the substance of the general session of the 1988 Indianapolis NNER conference. The papers provide historical overview of the program, a discussion of…

The National Network for Educational Renewal is committed to cultivating and connecting all the essential components of a healthy teacher education enterprise: the partner schools (clinical or professional development schools); subject specializations of university arts and sciences departments; and the part of teacher education commonly provided…

This paper on improvement of schools calls for a broad-based coalition of collaborating parties to articulate a clear moral educational mission and to promote for each community a healthy ecology of educational institutions directed toward this mission, redefinition of schools' role in this ecology, and redesign of teacher education. (JDD)

A dual agenda of renewing schools and teacher education means that faculty members from both sides must join together as equal partners. The National Network for Educational Renewal engages three groups of faculty (in schools, university liberal arts departments, and colleges of education) in ongoing conversations about educational improvement and…

To enculturate the young and help them reason successfully, teachers need appropriate pedagogical and school renewal skills. An interview-based survey disclosed chronic prestige deprivation in the teacher education enterprise, lack of program coherence, theory-practice separation, and stifling bureaucratic regulations. Three promising…

Discusses the need for the development of school-university collaboration in the school reform movement. Describes three successful collaborative projects showing the positive effects gained from such collaborations. Includes a sidebar outlining the essentials for such partnerships and a list of references. (MD)

Describes the first 12 years of the Center for Educational Renewal (CER) at the University of Washington which has the mission of linking the missions of schooling and teacher education. Also describes development and activities of the associated National Network for Educational Renewal and Institute for Educational Inquiry for each of three…

Examines the preservice teacher education role of professional development schools in the context of school-university partnerships. The necessary joining of K-12 and university cultures raises numerous problems, including dealing with cultural clash and schools of education, sustaining leadership and commitment, providing adequate resources,…

This book provides the vision and rationale for "centers of pedagogy" that can bring schools and universities together in a close, renewing relationship. It proposes a redesign of education that is grounded in a mission of enculturating students in a social and political democracy. The first four chapters address questions related to the nature…