February 25, 2000

Governors Urge University Role in Teacher Training

By JOEL HARDI

States should do more to encourage universities and local school districts to jointly establish professional-development programs for teachers in the nation's elementary and secondary schools, the National Governors Association said in a report issued late last month.

The report, prepared by the association's Center for Best Practices, stopped short of fully endorsing professional-development schools, which bring university professors, veteran teachers, and

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