<p>I am serious about becoming a teacher. What are some colleges in the northeast with great education programs?</p>
<p>from Rugg's Recommendations for education undergrad northeast:
Boston U
Bucknell
SUNY Buffalo
Connecticut C
SUNY Geneseo
C of NJ
Rutgers
Skidmore
Swarthmore
Tufts
Wellesley
Wm and Mary (NE???)</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is the best, though.</p>
<p>Don't know if the OP is male or female, but Lesley College in Boston may be admitting men now; their web site doesn't say "women only." Lesley has a real education focus.</p>
<p>Yeah, my mom went there and became a teacher.</p>
<p>in addition to those mentioned also look at syracuse.</p>
<p>NYU Steinhardt is a good education school.</p>
<p>Vassar
Barnard (or Columbia - male students take their education classes at Barnard)
Brandeis
Northeastern</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>another school to consider - Clark U in Worcester -- real focus on urban education if that is your interest. And one thing really nice, especially for a prospective teacher - Clark offers a fifth year free program - any undergrad who maintains a certain gpa (i think its something like a 3.25, but don't rely on me, look it up at their website to be sure), can stay for a fifth year of study FREE -- and we were told that quite a number of students qualify and take them up on this. This is especially nice for a teacher because it can let you get your masters for free and many states require teachers to have a masters for permanent certification.</p>
<p>You might want to take into consideration the location of the school and any thoughts as to where you might want to teach. Sometimes a student teaching position can lead to a job offer upon graduation. So you may want to pick a school based on where you think you want to live after graduation. In New York, most of the SUNY colleges are well known for teacher education. And some colleges have better reputations for certain majors- such as SUNY Brockport and Cortland are well known for phys ed - New Paltz may be better known for teaching foreign language and art. It seems many state colleges had their beginnings as "Normal Schools" which I think is the old fashioned term (even older than me) for training students to become teachers. So I would also suggest you check out the state university system where you now live or where you think you might want to locate to upon college graduation. In Pa, I believe Temple and West Chester have education programs. UConn also has Educ. program. I believe that in most SUNY schools you can enter as an Ed. major. My niece is at UConn and I believe they limit the # of kids in their program and offer admittance in Jr. year. So you may want to check that out too. If you can be a bit more specific as to where you want to be, maybe we can help out a bit more. Just remember you may eventually need to get a masters in education, so you may want to focus on getting your undergraduate degree at a public U. as you will have additional expenses involved in obtaining a masters. Good luck.---Just rereading the post above. If Clark offers the 5th year free and allows you to get the Masters during that 5th year, that certainly sounds like a school you may want to look into.</p>
<p>University of Delaware has a very competitive program for K-8 Education in their College of Education, Human Resources and Public Policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/educ/%5B/url%5D">http://www.udel.edu/educ/</a></p>
<p>Odds are you'll need around an 1800 SAT to be admitted however so it is selective.</p>
<p>Please note, as someone mentioned above, that education programs may have a gpa requirement within the 4 yr program - meaning that you must attain a certain college gpa by junior year in order to be allowed to continue in the major. So you might be able to be admitted to the major in your first year, but you will need to make sure your gpa reaches or surpasses the college's standard by junior year...just prior to beginning your practical experiences.</p>
<p>How's Drexel University academically for their education program?</p>