<p>Northeastern may have a good teachers program, if any at all. I recommend it because Northeastern is known to have goodo-op programs, great for fields, such as teaching where experience goes a long way. Plus, Northeastern is in Boston. Check it out to see if they have they have the program.</p>
<p>It may not be the most prestigious school but JMU (harrisonburg, VA) has an awesome education program and after 5 years (so thats your regular 4 + 1)you will graduate with your masters-good stuff I'd think for anyone looking to be a teacher</p>
<p>DD is an elementary ed. major at University of Delaware, and says that their ed. programs are among the best in the area.</p>
<p>Ben,</p>
<p>To piggy back on what hoedown stated, there are plenty of great education programs around the country. Just like some high schools are feeders to colleges and some feeders to college, some colleges are feeders to IB programs, there are some education programs which are feeders to teaching positions into some of the best public shoools country. Colleges build tend to have relationships with these schools, especially for student teaching. There are also some really great teaching programs at the state universities because they are probably the most familiar with the licensing requirements to each state because teachers usually end up teaching in the state they attended school.</p>
<p>I remember when my D was in elementary school in NYC (which is ranked amongst one of the best public schools ) the principal is well known in the nYC public school system for developing her staff. Education at the school was based on cooperative learning, multi age grouping, portfolio assessment and written assessment vs grades. We used to joke about A. being a "bank street person" because sje attended Bank Street to do her graduate work and rank her school based on Bank Street's approach to education.</p>
<p>When D was in H.S. her english teacher (PhD candidate) taught english teachers at Teachers College. Since she was also the department head (now administrative Asst Prinicpal) she was partial to Teachers Colelge students when she had to fill a position in the english department.</p>
<p>This type of thing happens literally across the country. So say for example, she wanted to teach history at TJ in Va, she should find out what programs do they hire teachers from and then check out those schools.</p>
<p>^ Alright, thanks for the advice!</p>