<p>Which schools are good for undergrad Education major?</p>
<p>vanderbilt</p>
<p>Do you want to teach elementary school or secondary school? They are whole different ball games when it comes to looking at undergrad programs.</p>
<p>If you're interested in teaching at the high school level, any undergraduate school where you can get an outstanding education in the subject area you want to teach is your best bet, followed by a one year teaching credential program in the state where you wish to teach. SOME undergraduate programs will also let you work towards your credential while you are an undergraduate but the main focus will be on your subject area.</p>
<p>If you're interested in teaching at the elementary school level, many will argue that the best choice is one of your state (public) teacher colleges because they will be up on state credentials and be cheaper to attend (teachers, after all, don't have big starting salaries). I'm not sure I agree with that entirely, so here are some good schools for elementary ed: Connecticut College, Tufts, Skidmore, Gonzaga, Manhattanville, Hunter, but there are many others out there.</p>
<p>Peabody College of Vanderbilt is often mentioned as a top choice by Rugg's Recommendations, as Taurustorus noted, but it works best if you are going to be teaching in TN.</p>
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<p>I'd imagine UCLA being a top school for this. Not 100% sure though.</p>
<p>There is no undergrad education major in California, I believe. The state of California wants their teachers to major in a subject first, then earn their teaching credential.</p>
<p>but can't you do something like "general studies"?</p>
<p>Here are some good undergraduate programs of Education that I know of:</p>
<p>Northwestern University
<a href="http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/ugrad/conc/st/curriculum/%5B/url%5D">http://www.sesp.northwestern.edu/ugrad/conc/st/curriculum/</a></p>
<p>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
<a href="http://www.soe.umich.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.soe.umich.edu/</a>
<a href="http://www.soe.umich.edu/programs/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.soe.umich.edu/programs/index.html</a></p>
<p>University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
<a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/flaindex.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/flaindex.html</a></p>
<p>University of Wisconsin-Madison
<a href="http://www.education.wisc.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.education.wisc.edu/</a>
<a href="http://www.education.wisc.edu/departments/index.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.education.wisc.edu/departments/index.asp</a></p>
<p>Vanderbilt University
<a href="http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/</a></p>
<p>I am sure there are many other great programs, but that's a good start. Keep in mind that one does not have to major in Education to go into Education. In fact, even the education programs above urge their undergrads to double major in a discipline such as Math or History or English along with Education. By itself, Education is not a very flexible and versatile major.</p>