October 5, 2001

The Role of Colleges and Universities in Reforming the Nation's Schools

To the Editor:

Vartan Gregorian clearly underscores the challenges facing K-12 education today ("Teacher Education Must Become Colleges' Central Preoccupation," The Review, August 17). ... His suggestions for improving public schools -- particularly those advocating that prospective teachers obtain a degree in arts and sciences and that alternative certification routes be developed -- hold great promise. In my view, though, some problems facing public education are resistant to the

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