School-University Partnerships and Professional Development Schools.

The common wisdom holds that the nation's schools are failing. No wonder, people say. Teachers lack content knowledge and they don't have the skills to help students learn. It is true that if we want better schools, we need better teachers. A not-as-frequently recognized truism is that if we want better teachers, we need better schools (Goodlad, 1994). In A Place Called School, Goodlad (1984) sketched his argument for simultaneous renewal of schools and the education of educators (see in particular chap. 9 and 10). Since this landmark report, Goodlad and his staff have worked nationally to secure the simultaneous renewal of schools and the education of educators beginning with an emphasis on the development and operation of effective school-university partnerships.