<p>i know i plug connecticut college often, but their education program is truly phenomenal.</p>
<p>What aspect of education do you want to study?? </p>
<p>If you would like to go into teaching, then Williams would not be the best choice.</p>
<p>If you want to work in education policy, I recommend pursuing a degree in the social sciences with a STRONG concentration on statistics.
Learn the statistical programming package SAS!!!!!</p>
<p>A degree in education is NOT necessary!!</p>
<p>While it's not mandatory, if you are going to go into public school research, having taught at least a little bit would probably help your credibility and authority on the subject. In other words, getting certified and teaching a bit wouldn't be a total waste of time.</p>
<p>I agree with TourGuide, which is why the advice about schools with supposedly great teacher training isn't a total waste.</p>
<p>I noticed that some of the schools the OP is looking at offer an education major with NO studnet teaching (if the student so desires that) so those would be good bets. However, as TourGuide said, having dome some teaching, or at least student teaching, would greatly inform one's perspective on policy and theory.</p>
<p>Actually, there is an enormous debate regarding whether teachers with formal education degrees are actually better teachers than those with subject specific degrees.</p>
<p>You can do a google search on "out of field teaching," and find all sorts of articles that address this issue.</p>