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The Learning Network--Teachers for a New Era Widens the Circle
Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Annenberg Foundation Create a Partnership for Extending the Movement to Reform Schools of Education

Date: February 06, 2006
Contact Name: Adrienne Faraci
Contact Phone: (212) 207-6299
More Information: http://www.carnegie.org
Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Annenberg Foundation have joined together to support the Learning Network, a forum for higher education institutions dedicated to reforming teacher education. The network builds on Teachers for a New Era, an initiative launched in 2001 by Carnegie Corporation of New York, with support from the Annenberg and Ford Foundations, and involving eleven colleges and universities across the United States. Through the Learning Network, thirty additional reform-minded institutions have been invited to participate in the Teachers for a New Era effort.

The Learning Network's goal is to increase the number of institutions actively engaged in transforming teacher pedagogy in accordance with the design principles of the Teachers for a New Era initiative: (1) grounding all elements of the teacher education program on sound evidence, including reliance on measuring the learning gains of pupils; (2) effective engagement of the disciplines of the arts and sciences; and (3) understanding teaching as an academically taught clinical practice profession, including continuing support during the first two full years of professional teaching.

“The importance of teachers in American education has never been a question, but recent research has established beyond doubt that the most important element of student achievement is the quality of the teacher,” states Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Corporation.   “At the Corporation, we believe one of the most critical issues facing the country is the preparation of America's teachers, which is just not good enough.  Creating a vision for change and sharing how to improve teacher preparation is something the Corporation is committed to.  We are pleased to join forces with the Annenberg Foundation in pursuit of this goal.”

“We were drawn to the Teachers for New Era's reliance on evidence as its critical reform model,” says Gail Levin, executive director of the Annenberg Foundation.  “Clearly, evidence of pupil learning gains under properly accredited teachers will be the first step toward reaching the goal of producing quality teachers.   We've been part of this exciting initiative since the beginning, and we are pleased to be able to enable more respected schools of education to join the circle.”

On November 14-15, 2005, the first meeting of the Learning Network was convened in Chicago under the auspices of the Academy for Educational Development, and brought together representatives from 41 institutions to participate in a working meeting on K-12 and teacher candidate assessment. Recognized experts in the field discussed strategies being used at other institutions committed to restructuring teacher education programs and led workshops; participants also shared information, explored issues, and generated ideas for cooperation and collaboration.

In addition to expanding the number of higher education institutions actively engaged in transforming teacher education in accordance with the tenets of Teachers for a New Era, the Learning Network will facilitate dissemination of information via websites, electronic publications, workshops and conferences.  Newcomers will also be invited to participate in annual meetings focused on raising the bar for schools of education and where participants share strategies that work and don't work.  Carnegie Corporation's Daniel Fallon, chair of the Education Division, is the architect of this reform initiative which is also designed to focus national attention on the benefits of employing rigorous academic training to produce teachers who make a difference.

For more information on the Teachers For a New Era, or the initiative itself, please go to: www.carnegie.org. Below you will find the names and addresses for those institutions invited into the Teachers for New Era reform Learning Network.

Alverno College
Arizona State University
CUNY Brooklyn College
East Carolina University
Georgia State University
Indiana State University
Jackson State University
Johns Hopkins University
Montclair State University
New York University
North Carolina A&T University
Southeastern Louisiana University
Teachers College, Columbia University
Texas A&M University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado, Denver
University of Dayton
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
University of Northern Iowa
University of Pittsburgh
University of Southern Maine
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Vanderbilt University
West Virginia University
Western Kentucky University
Western Oregon University

About the Carnegie Corporation
Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." As a grantmaking foundation, the Corporation seeks to carry out Carnegie's vision of philanthropy, which he said should aim "to do real and permanent good in the world." The Corporation's capital fund, originally donated at a value of about $135 million, had a market value of $2.2 billion on September 30, 2005. The Corporation awards grants totaling more than $80 million a year in the areas of education, international peace and security, international development and strengthening U.S. democracy.

About the Annenberg Foundation
Founded by publisher, diplomat and philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg in 1989, the Annenberg Foundation exists to advance the public well being through improved communication.  As the principal means of achieving its goal, the Foundation encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.  The Annenberg Foundation has offices in Radnor, Pennsylvania and Los Angeles, California.



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