My son has decided to pursue Mathematics Secondary Education major. We are in NY-LI and are looking for school within 5-6 hours. We recently visited UVM and plan on visiting Scranton. I know some of the SUNY schools have strong education departments. It is my understanding that Cortland and Brockport are more Phys Ed. while New Paltz is art. Any suggestions for SUNY and other schools would be appreciated.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/dtale/academics/programs/mathematics/ seems like what you are looking for right in your back yard.
The good news is Math Seconday Ed majors are in high demand. The most important thing to consider is where your son wants to teach/live after college. Another thing to consider is how soon they get into the classroom. Some schools wait until Junior year until you get into the teaching program. As far as schools go, I think the shotgun approach is actually worthwhile for teaching majors. My D19 received some unexpected merit awards aimed at EdU majors. Other things to look at is the pass rate for licencing.
Some schools to consider
PA: West Chester, St Josephs, Penn State, Kutztown
NY: Manhattan College (My D19s School), SUNY Cortland, SUNY Geneseo
NJ: TCNJ, Seton Hall, Montclair
Happy to provide my thoughts on any of the schools or any others you are considering
Thanks for the recommendations. He recently decided that this will be his major which could change. He is in interested in seeing Geneseo, Plattsburgh, Salve Regina, Scranton, Susquehanna and Providence. He wants to live a few hours away from LI, He is only a junior so we still have time to figure out his target schools.
TCNJ is one of the best for education, but since you’re out of state it will be much pricier than a SUNY. NY/NJ have receiprocity. But NY also requires a master’s degree (I think within 5 years?), so you may want to stay in-state to keep undergrad costs low.
Check out this site
https://title2.ed.gov/Public/Home.aspx
Not easy to navigate but embedded in the data files (available by state). You can find information on the number of students enrolled in the teaching program at each school as well as the pass rates. When you do your visits look at how the department sits into the rest of the university (there is a range of colleges with dedicated Schools of education to those with only a handfull of students embedded in another school). Ask questions about their placement process, if they support licencing in other states, etc.
Keep a few closer schools on your early list, even if you need to position it as helping him figure out what really important to him. I’ve seen alot of kids who were set on going away, tighten there radius as they got closer to decision time. Good luck with your search and enjoy the process.