Accountability is the buzz word of the new millennium and we at IPFW are in the throes of rewriting our curriculum to meet the new performance-based standards. We are committed to producing the highest caliber student who can meet the many psycho-social and educational needs of children in the schools of Fort Wayne, northeastern Indiana, and the rest of the country. A number of critical ideas and issues concern us. Teaching is the key to the future and schools of education have the responsibility and challenge to prepare talented teachers who can meet children's needs and are sensitive to diversity. Schools must have high standards and high expectations for all children.
Equality starts with educational quality.
Excellent preschool and early learning programs must be developed and staffed with teachers who specialize in the growth and development of the very young, to break the cycles of poverty and school failure. Right now, only 11 percent of Latinos and 15 percent of African Americans have a college degree. Schools of education must work closely with arts and science units to develop caring and compassionate teachers as well as content-qualified teachers in every classroom. In our globally sophisticated and pluralistic society, we must actively recruit and attract more minorities into the field of teaching. These are just a few of the issues of gender, equity, and education that we in the IPFW School of Education look upon as a challenge and a goal.