The college has a long tradition of addressing the educational problems endemic to our core cities. CEED provides information on young children in the areas of special needs, education, child care, and family education.
Teachers say leaps in learning and accomplishments already are evident.
The University's Early Literacy Initiative , which is housed in the college, includes a broad-based tutoring program. The initiative has forged partnerships with specific schools, community centers, and health care clinics to provide books, volunteer readers, and tutors. In addition, college faculty are active in this area, developing a research-based teacher training program, examining issues of preliteracy, assessing reading comprehension, developing policy, and evaluating the role of family. Through our collaboration with the professional practice site at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis, the college developed a Teacher Residency Program in 1993. The intent of the program is to ease a licensed teacher's induction into urban teaching by providing a reduced teaching load, on-site mentoring, and continued professional development throughout the first year of teaching.