Indiana University School of Education

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Wendell W. Wright Education Building, the  Bloomington home of the Indiana University School of Education
Wendell W. Wright Education Building, the Bloomington home of the Indiana University School of Education

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The School of Education of Indiana University is an academic unit within the university, with a presence on the two core campuses of IU, Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI. It offers a range of degrees in professional education: a B.S. in teacher education, leading to a teaching license, M.S., education specialist (Ed.S.) and doctoral (Ed.D, Ph.D.) degrees.

[edit] History

In May 1923 the School of Education became autonomous from the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1925 the first B.S. in education was granted; in 1929 the first M.S., and in 1932 the first Ed.D. The Ph.D. with a major in education has been awarded through the University Graduate School since 1924.

In 1951 the School of Education moved into a three-story limestone building. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Indiana University School of Education grew to become one of the largest schools of education in the United States. In 1992 the School of Education in Bloomington moved into a new W. W. Wright Education Building.

[edit] Accreditations and rankings

IU's School of Education counts some of the country's leading scholars and educational leaders among its faculty and alumni, including former US Secretary of Education Rod Paige. It is and has been accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) since the foundation of NCATE in 1954.

US News & World Report have consistently placed the School among the top 20 graduate schools of education in the United States since the rankings began in 1987.

As of April 2006, U.S. News has ranked the following graduate program areas in the top fifteen nationally:

Area* National Rank
Overall: Graduate School of Education, IU Bloomington 15
Administration/Supervision 11
Counseling/Personnel Services 10
Curriculum/Instruction 10
Elementary Education 9
Higher Education Administration 6
Secondary Education 11
Education Policy 14

*U.S. News does not rank programs in Instructional Systems Technology, Language Education or School Psychology, which are among IU's best known areas.

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