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DOCUM:J:NT RESUME ED 399 220 SP 036 664 TITLE Tomorrow's Schoo_s of Education: A Report of the Holmes Group. INSTITUTION Holmes Group, Inc., East Lansing, MI. SPONS AGENCY DeWitt Wallace / Reader's Digest Fund, Pleasantville, N.Y.; Rockefeller Foundation, New York, N.Y. PUB DATE 95 NOTE 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). AVAILABLE FROMThe Holmes Group, 201 Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1034 ($14 prepaid; boxed set of the three Holmes reports $36 prepaid). PUB TYPE Viewpoints (Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.) (120) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS 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 IDENTIFIERS 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) Ilk I I II III I t 0 A . 1 I 1 . 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The opin- ions, 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 201Erickson Hall East Lansing, MI48824-1034 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 4 Table of Contents Preface page i Dedication page ix Acknowledgments page xi Foreword page 1 A New Beginning page 5 The Heart of the Matter: Three Kinds of Development page 17 Special Knowledge for Educators page 27 Participating in Policy Development page 39 Commitment to Diversity page 45 Human Resources: Making People Matter page 51 The Core of Learning: What All Educators Must Know page 67 The Professional Development School: Integral to Tomorrow's School of Education page 79 New Commitments and New Kinds of Accountablity for the TSE page 87 Authors of the report Judith Taack Lanier Gene I. Maeroff President Education Consultant The Holmes Group The Holmes Group Distinguished Professor Michigan State University Carlton E. Brown Gary Sykes Dean Professor School of Liberal Arts College of Education & Education Michigan State University Hampton University Frank B. Murray Henrietta Barnes Dean Professor College of Education College of Education University of Delaware Michigan State University Harry Judge Lonnie Wagstaff Fellow of Brasenose College M.K. Hage Centennial Professor University of Oxford College of Education University of Texas-Austin Signatures The Holmes Group Board of Directors .A41 PEGGY J. BLACKWELL NORENE DALY Dean Dean College of Education College of Education University of New Mexico Iowa State University \-0;041 ti.XioJ STEVEN T. BOSSERT PHILIP DISTEFANO Dean Dean School of Education School of Education Syracuse University University of Colorado CARLTON BROWN Dean Dean School of Liberal Arts & Education College of Education Hampton University University of Hawaii-Manoa CHARLES W. CASE JOHN HARRIS Dean Dean School of Education College of Education University of Connecticut University of Kentucky LOUIS A. CASTENELL MARY HARRIS Dean Dean College of Education Center for Teaching & Learning University of Cincinnati University of North Dakota 7 RICHARD ISHLER RODERICK MCDAVIS Dean Dean College of Education College of Education University of South Carolina University of Arkansas MANUEL J. JUSTIZ M. PAUL MEHTA Dean Dean College of Education College of Education University of Texas-Austin Prairie View A & M University COLLEEN KENNEDY KENNETH METZ Dean Dean Graduate School of Education School of Education University of Utah University of Pittsburgh 12(4)tvwA RICHARD KUNKEL ARNOLD MOORE Dean Professor College of Education Educational Leadership Auburn University Mississippi State University JUDITH TAACK LANIER NAJEE MUHAMMAD Distinguished Professor of Holmes Scholar Liason Education University of Cincinnati Michigan State University FRANK B. MURRAY CHARLES SCHMITZ Dean Dean College of Education School of Education University of Delaware Baylor University r RAPHAEL NYSTRAND VICTORIA VALENCIA Dean Holmes Scholar Liason School of Education University of California-Berkeley University of Louisville JOANNE R. WHITMORE HUGH G. PETRIE Dean Dean College & Graduate School of Graduate School of Education Education SUNY-Buffalo Kent State University RODNEY J. REED STEVEN R. YUSSEN Dean Dean College of Education College of Education Pennsylvania State University University of Iowa WILLIAM ROHWER NANCY L. ER Dean Dean School of Education College of Education University of California-Berkeley Ohio State University Preface The Holmes Group grew out of a series of meetings and delibera- tions a decade ago of a small group of education deans on the endur- ing problems associated with the generally low quality of teacher preparation in the United States. Their initial discussions focused on the lax standards that continue to be tolerated. Weak accredita- tion policies and practices and the historic indifference to teacher preparation on the part of the major research universities received special attention. Weak accreditation arrangements and the low pri- ority assigned to teacher education at major universities were part of the equation, and, in the end, this connection became the focus of the group's initial work. Over a three-year period, the deans, in consultation with many oth- ers, saw that problems they faced were so great and complicated that their solution would require a long-term commitment of like-mind- ed institutions to a reform agenda. Thus, a plan was proposed for a consortium, the Holmes Group, and a set of goals emerged. The consortium wished to see nothing less than the transformation of teaching from an occupation into a genuine profession that would serve the educational needs of children. To this end, the deans sought to align themselves with other organizations, agencies, and institutions that supported their goals and general directions. The consortium sought to provide the nation with teachers and other educational specialists who have all the attributes of genuine professionals--the knowledge, prestige, autonomy, and earnings that accrue to competent people who are engaged in important matters that are beyond the talent or training of the ordinary person. Those educated at Holmes Group universities should be entrusted fully with the education of their pupils and students. They would be per- sons, who by talent and training could be fully responsive to imme- diate demands