A vision statement and call to action from Deans for Impact--a group of deans committing themselves to a set of principles intended to elevate the performance of educator preparation programs and the status of teachers. Their objectives include: Develop a consensus around a professional knowledge base for teachers; create a tighter connection…

The 2018 PDK Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools finds that Americans trust and support teachers, but they draw the line at wanting their own children to join a profession they see as undervalued and low-paid. An overwhelming 78% of public school parents say they would support teachers in their community if they went on strike…

Shows how certain aspects of notions about profession, professionalization, and professional education have proved useful in structuring the Study of the Education of Educators (SEE) research project. Highlights the preoccupation with professional status, commenting on 15 additional features shared by education and other professions. Includes 25…

Great strides have been made in promoting educational equality. There is still considerable room for improvement in occupational opportunity. The greatest challenge for the future is closing the gap between the earnings of females and males and of Blacks and Whites. (Author/IRT)

A survey of 381 female college students with interests or majors in elementary- or secondary-level teaching found that college experience did not change or broaden their career goals. Further, the percentage who expected career goals to become secondary to familial goals increased the farther ahead they predicted their futures. (RW)

The central aim of professional accreditation is defining and maintaining standards. An essential first step is establishing the profession's boundaries and membership. Teacher educators cannot agree on a definition of the teaching profession and have little control over accrediting agencies' governance. NCATE is an association permitting teacher…

This North Carolina-based study argues that a reexamination is needed of the competitive position of teaching in the larger occupational structure of society and that the quality of the teaching force will not be raised merely by raising entrance or exit standards in teacher education. (JBM)

Reviews the motives behind four Iowa university presidents' decision to drop NCATE (the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education), including budgetary shortfalls, declining program quality, NCATE's "intrusion" into liberal arts domains, antipathy toward accountability, and negative attitudes toward teaching. By acting…

"Time for Results: the Governors' 1991 Report on Education" provides new perspectives for educators tackling school improvement agendas. The nation's governors divided into seven task forces to examine school readiness, facilities, teaching, leadership, educational technology, college quality, parent involvement and school choice and…