<p>What small schools(6,000 or under) on the east coast are highly regarded for education? Currently, I am only aware of TCNJ, since I live in New Jersey. Are there any other well regarded institutions for future teachers?</p>
<p>Swarthmore has a strong Education department with certification for secondary school teaching in Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>For elementary school certification, you take the Education program and do your student teaching at Swarthmore. But, following graduation from Swat, you take two summer school courses in a cooperative program at Eastern College (cost = $2650) to get your elementary certificate.</p>
<p>Look at the schools associated with CETE, the Consortium for Excellence in Teacher Education:
Barnard
Bowdoin
Brandeis
Brown
Bryn Mawr
Connecticut College
Dartmouth
Harvard
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Princeton
Smith
Swarthmore
University of Pennsylvania
Vassar
Wellesley
Wheaton
Yale</p>
<p>If you are a NJ resident and you are interested in teaching, I would look at TCNJ, Rutgers, Rowan, Montclair, Stockton, Ramapo, William Paterson. BTW, I just happened to have heard some very nice things about R. Stockton's special education major. I don't know about their regular education major.</p>
<p>Temple & West Chester come to mind...</p>
<p>Stonehill College in Easton MA. 2500 kids. A large number of teachers in our public school district went there and seem to be good teachers and generally smart people.</p>