10 Teacher Leaders Network 2003 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">The debate over teacher preparation is fairly raging today. If there's any consensus, it's that many traditional college programs have failed to prepare new teachers for a successful entry into the profession. But how to address that failure? The accomplished educators in the Teacher Leaders Network explored this question in a three-day focused discussion with several guests, including Ruth Ash, dean of the first teacher education program to win the U.S. Department of Education's National Award for Effective Teacher Preparation. Download this archived conversation from the TLN website. (144k PDF)<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o:p></o:p></span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Citation: Teacher Leaders Network. (2003). <i>Teacher education. </i>Retrieved from the Teacher Leaders Network on March 3, 2008. Website: <a href="http://www.teacherleaders.org/old_site/Conversations/teacher_ed.pdf">http://www.teacherleaders.org/old_site/Conversations/teacher_ed.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span> http://www.teacherleaders.org/old_site/Conversations/teacher_ed.pdf