LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University and executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. GARY SYKES is professor of educational administration and teacher education at Michigan State University.

• Part One: Rethinking Teacher Education1. Developing Practice, Developing Practitioners: Toward a Practice-Based Theory of Professional EducationDeborah Loewenberg Ball and David K. Cohen2. Aligning Teacher Education with Contemporary K-12 Reform VisionsMagdalene Lampert and Deborah Loewenberg Ball3. The Role of Preservice Teacher EducationMary M. Kennedy4. Preparing Teachers for Diversity: Historical Perspectives, Current TrAnds, and Future DirectionsGloria Ladson-BillingsPart Two: Rethinking Teacher Professional Development5. The Essentials of Effective Professional Development: A New ConsensusWillis D. Hawley and Linda Valli6. Teacher and Student Learning: Strengthening Their ConnectionGary SykesPart Three: Rethinking Organizations for Teacher Learning7. Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and Induction: Policy Influences on the Supply and Quality of TeachersLinda Darling-Hammond, Barnett T. Berry, David Haselkorn, and Elizabeth Fideler8. Organizing Schools for Teacher LearningJudith Warren Little9. Investing in Teacher Learning: Staff Development and Instructional ImprovementRichard F. Elmore and Deanna Burney10. Networks and Reform in American EducationAnn Lieberman and Maureen GrolnickPart Four: Rethinking Policy for Teacher Learning11. Organizing the Other Half of TeachingJulia E. Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner12. The Frame and the Tapestry: Standards-Based Reform and Professional DevelopmentCharles L. Thompson and John S. Zeuli13. Investing in Teaching as a Learning Profession: Policy Problems and ProspectsLinda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin

"This book teaches us that, if the improved learning we require forall students in a democracy is to be accomplished, both thepolicymakers and the professionals must take joint responsibilityto craft a new alliance.... Readers of this book will discover thatwithin its pages lies an impressive array of findings, analyses,interpretations, and proposals that can guide the needed efforts todesign such settings. Teaching as the Learning Profession is farmore than a superb book title. It is a mandate for the stakeholdersin whose hands lies the future of America's teachers, and throughthem, the future of America's students." --from the foreword by LeeS. Shulman, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancementof Teaching "It's common knowledge--and common sense--that the quality ofteaching strongly affects student achievement. Teaching as theLearning Profession rightly advocates enhancing instructionalquality by providing teachers with meaningful professional learningopportunities that allow them to continually improve their practiceand enable their students to excel." --Sandra Feldman, president,American Federation of Teachers "No education topic is more important than how to raise the qualityof teaching in America's schools. This book eloquently makes thecase for reshaping teacher preparation and professional developmentto enhance student learning." --Bob Chase, president, NationalEducation Association

LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University and executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. GARY SYKES is professor of educational administration and teacher education at Michigan State University.

• Part One: Rethinking Teacher Education1. Developing Practice, Developing Practitioners: Toward a Practice-Based Theory of Professional EducationDeborah Loewenberg Ball and David K. Cohen2. Aligning Teacher Education with Contemporary K-12 Reform VisionsMagdalene Lampert and Deborah Loewenberg Ball3. The Role of Preservice Teacher EducationMary M. Kennedy4. Preparing Teachers for Diversity: Historical Perspectives, Current TrAnds, and Future DirectionsGloria Ladson-BillingsPart Two: Rethinking Teacher Professional Development5. The Essentials of Effective Professional Development: A New ConsensusWillis D. Hawley and Linda Valli6. Teacher and Student Learning: Strengthening Their ConnectionGary SykesPart Three: Rethinking Organizations for Teacher Learning7. Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and Induction: Policy Influences on the Supply and Quality of TeachersLinda Darling-Hammond, Barnett T. Berry, David Haselkorn, and Elizabeth Fideler8. Organizing Schools for Teacher LearningJudith Warren Little9. Investing in Teacher Learning: Staff Development and Instructional ImprovementRichard F. Elmore and Deanna Burney10. Networks and Reform in American EducationAnn Lieberman and Maureen GrolnickPart Four: Rethinking Policy for Teacher Learning11. Organizing the Other Half of TeachingJulia E. Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner12. The Frame and the Tapestry: Standards-Based Reform and Professional DevelopmentCharles L. Thompson and John S. Zeuli13. Investing in Teaching as a Learning Profession: Policy Problems and ProspectsLinda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin

"This book teaches us that, if the improved learning we require forall students in a democracy is to be accomplished, both thepolicymakers and the professionals must take joint responsibilityto craft a new alliance.... Readers of this book will discover thatwithin its pages lies an impressive array of findings, analyses,interpretations, and proposals that can guide the needed efforts todesign such settings. Teaching as the Learning Profession is farmore than a superb book title. It is a mandate for the stakeholdersin whose hands lies the future of America's teachers, and throughthem, the future of America's students." --from the foreword by LeeS. Shulman, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancementof Teaching "It's common knowledge--and common sense--that the quality ofteaching strongly affects student achievement. Teaching as theLearning Profession rightly advocates enhancing instructionalquality by providing teachers with meaningful professional learningopportunities that allow them to continually improve their practiceand enable their students to excel." --Sandra Feldman, president,American Federation of Teachers "No education topic is more important than how to raise the qualityof teaching in America's schools. This book eloquently makes thecase for reshaping teacher preparation and professional developmentto enhance student learning." --Bob Chase, president, NationalEducation Association

LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University and executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. GARY SYKES is professor of educational administration and teacher education at Michigan State University.

• Part One: Rethinking Teacher Education1. Developing Practice, Developing Practitioners: Toward a Practice-Based Theory of Professional EducationDeborah Loewenberg Ball and David K. Cohen2. Aligning Teacher Education with Contemporary K-12 Reform VisionsMagdalene Lampert and Deborah Loewenberg Ball3. The Role of Preservice Teacher EducationMary M. Kennedy4. Preparing Teachers for Diversity: Historical Perspectives, Current TrAnds, and Future DirectionsGloria Ladson-BillingsPart Two: Rethinking Teacher Professional Development5. The Essentials of Effective Professional Development: A New ConsensusWillis D. Hawley and Linda Valli6. Teacher and Student Learning: Strengthening Their ConnectionGary SykesPart Three: Rethinking Organizations for Teacher Learning7. Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and Induction: Policy Influences on the Supply and Quality of TeachersLinda Darling-Hammond, Barnett T. Berry, David Haselkorn, and Elizabeth Fideler8. Organizing Schools for Teacher LearningJudith Warren Little9. Investing in Teacher Learning: Staff Development and Instructional ImprovementRichard F. Elmore and Deanna Burney10. Networks and Reform in American EducationAnn Lieberman and Maureen GrolnickPart Four: Rethinking Policy for Teacher Learning11. Organizing the Other Half of TeachingJulia E. Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner12. The Frame and the Tapestry: Standards-Based Reform and Professional DevelopmentCharles L. Thompson and John S. Zeuli13. Investing in Teaching as a Learning Profession: Policy Problems and ProspectsLinda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin

"This book teaches us that, if the improved learning we require forall students in a democracy is to be accomplished, both thepolicymakers and the professionals must take joint responsibilityto craft a new alliance.... Readers of this book will discover thatwithin its pages lies an impressive array of findings, analyses,interpretations, and proposals that can guide the needed efforts todesign such settings. Teaching as the Learning Profession is farmore than a superb book title. It is a mandate for the stakeholdersin whose hands lies the future of America's teachers, and throughthem, the future of America's students." --from the foreword by LeeS. Shulman, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancementof Teaching "It's common knowledge--and common sense--that the quality ofteaching strongly affects student achievement. Teaching as theLearning Profession rightly advocates enhancing instructionalquality by providing teachers with meaningful professional learningopportunities that allow them to continually improve their practiceand enable their students to excel." --Sandra Feldman, president,American Federation of Teachers "No education topic is more important than how to raise the qualityof teaching in America's schools. This book eloquently makes thecase for reshaping teacher preparation and professional developmentto enhance student learning." --Bob Chase, president, NationalEducation Association