March 10, 2006

Expectations for Our Teachers Are Misplaced

By ARTHUR LEVINE

Education is not a competitive choice for the nation's most able young people

Several years ago, I was part of a group that a philanthropist had assembled to review his foundation's education agenda. In the course of a two-day meeting, the conversation turned negative only once, when education schools were discussed.

The philanthropist said he had given up on education schools, preferring to work with business schools or organizations outside of colleges and universities. A

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