<p>Anyone have any idea on the top education schools? Specifically, elementary education. I cant find any rankings anywhere, as it isnt a particularly popular major. My top two schools right now are Boston University and American University if anyone knows their rep as Ed. schools, thatd be great. Thanks! -Jeff</p>
<p>I don't think you actually need a college degree for elemantary education. Nor do I think colleges will really effectively teach you that even if they had education majors.</p>
<p>Many many colleges have education majors and yes, you do need a college degree to teach in the elementary grades.
Some of the best schools of education are in the state universities.</p>
<p>you certainly need a college degree for elementary education. in many states you also need at least a 3.0 gpa to become certified and will get fired if you dont take enough continuing education credits after you get hired.</p>
<p>that said, unless you plan on going into academia state teachers colleges are often the best (and cheapest) preparation for a career.</p>
<p>UCLA, Vanderbilt, UCB, Mich, Wisconsin are some very good ones.</p>
<p>"I don't think you actually need a college degree for elemantary education. Nor do I think colleges will really effectively teach you that even if they had education majors."</p>
<p>Way to be totally wrong einstein.... AFAIK, NC is the only state where you do NOT need a cert.</p>
<p>UCLA, Vanderbilt, UCB, Mich, Wisconsin are some very good ones.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response, but i cant go passed the Ill. border, so that rules out UC schools. I certainly dont have the GPA to get into Vandy or Michigan, although i wouldve loved to go there, and Wiscy is too rah-rah party-eque for me. =D</p>
<p>What interesting is that some of the schools that do a great job turning out teachers are ones that are otherwise "unsung." A lot of former Normal Schools are now state schools, not necessarily the flagships.</p>
<p>Rankings will tell you what schools are turning out the best research.... but you'd also like to know what schools principals are eager to hire from.</p>
<p>Michigan's graduate education program is one of the best, but their undergrad program isn't that good. The job placement is very low.</p>
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<p>UCLA and UCB are graduate education school only. that's because the state of california requires one to have a degree in a subject that can be used for teaching (i.e. math, science, history, english, etc.), and not an undergrad education degree. the teaching credential training is where they learn to teach.</p>
<p>so, for jPoD's case, see what the requirements are for the state that you want to teach, because you may very well need a degree in something else besides education.</p>
<p>As an undergraduate, the ** UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ** has a top program.</p>
<p>and here is the course layout:</p>
<p>Michigan State U. is elite in education (esp. elementary, 2ndary, counseling and Higher Ed admin), undergrad and grad. In individual programs and overall, it is consistently among the one or two best in education in the country.</p>
<p>if you're looking for michigan education programs, eastern michigan university has a good ed. undergrad program.</p>
<p>Point of clarification; MSU is NOT consistently #1 or #2 in the country in Higher Ed. Michigan, UCLA, Penn State---these have consistently been considered the top programs in that field. </p>
<p>I am also not sure I agree with the person who said U-M's freshly graduated teachers have a "low placement rate" but it is true that MSU has very well-regarded programs in elementary and secondary ed, including pretty high rankings (#1, in fact) in these areas in US News.</p>
<p>EMU is an excellent example of a former normal school that has never stopped turning out well-trained teachers, despite it not being a school with broad national stature overall.</p>
<p>As the daughter of two teachers, I know a bit about good education schools. My parents both went to schools in Iowa (my mom went to Iowa State and my dad went to UNI) and that's where a lot of teachers go. I live overseas and many of the recruiters go to Iowa colleges to recruit. I am also going to be an education major (early childhood), but I am going to school at Simmons College in Boston. Good luck with your search!</p>
<p>**Oh, and where you go does not techically make you a better teacher. One of my teachers this year went to Harvard, but he is not as good a teacher as one that went to Georgetown or the University of Hawaii. Where you go does not predict how good of a teacher you will be.</p>
<p>As the daughter of two teachers, I know a bit about good education schools. My parents both went to schools in Iowa (my mom went to Iowa State and my dad went to UNI) and that's where a lot of teachers go. I live overseas and many of the recruiters go to Iowa colleges to recruit. I am also going to be an education major (early childhood), but I am going to school at Simmons College in Boston. Good luck with your search!</p>
<p>**Oh, and where you go does not techically make you a better teacher. One of my teachers this year went to Harvard, but he is not as good a teacher as one that went to Georgetown or the University of Hawaii. Where you go does not predict how good of a teacher you will be.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, but as the son of upper class parents, going to Iowa isnt even a choice, nor is anything in Michigan minus UM, which i wont get into. PSU is supposed to be great for Ed., but everyone from my school goes to PSU, and i wouldnt fit in there. I'm kind of looking at how BU and American stack up.</p>
<p>As an undergraduate, the UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE has a top program.</p>
<p>and here is the course layout:</p>
<p>Interesting choice, and i could certainly get in, but im not much of a DE fan myself. Thanks regardless!</p>
<p>Some states publish the results by school of how grads do on the required tests to become a teacher. I know NJ does it.</p>
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