Forbes – Howard Husock
“American graduate schools of education have been under fire—and not just because the achievement levels of U.S. students have been so mediocre. A view has emerged that “ed” schools don’t focus enough on the nuts-and-bolts of a teacher’s most difficult job: running the classroom. It’s a concern that has spawned a great many initiatives, such as Teach for America , founded to try to attract America’s best and brightest to teaching. To important new programs such as that, add another: the Relay Graduate School of Education. Started in New York but now working in cities across the country, it’s the product of the vision of Norman Atkins, a pioneering school reformer who’s never bothered to promote himself.”(more)