September 11, 1998

The Efforts by States to Toughen Standards for Teacher Education

To the Editor:

John Silber, chancellor and former president of Boston University and chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Education, ponders closing B.U.'s School of Education ("States Move to Toughen Standards for Teacher-Education Programs," July 31). For years, U.S. society has looked down on its public-school teachers, and U.S. universities on the units that train them. Chancellor Silber's finger-pointing remarks continue that

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