The potential for consensus around the questions of who should educate teachers is discussed. Six areas of evolving argreement are identified, and goals to enhance the potential for consensus are proposed. (MT)

Introduces a theme issue by examining 10 dichotomies that describe concerns marking contemporary teacher education in the U.S.: quality versus quantity, majority versus minority, preservice versus inservice, campus versus school site, time versus money, specialization versus generalization, theory versus practice, professional versus public,…