Jacobowitz believes teachers must address issues in the classroom such as racism, sexism and homophobia, to challenge and eliminate divisiveness. The Leadership Associates Program at Montclair State, an extension of the Agenda for Education in a Democracy, promotes the development of a shared vision of American schools and the education of educators. There has to be a simultaneous renewal of teacher education and the public schools. You can't do one without the other. We talk about nurturing pedagogy, which means making sure every teacher is highly qualified because the main factor that influences students is the teacher.
Stewardship is the ultimate goal to prepare leaders.
These efforts are to make certain that every teacher is a change agent who will ensure best practice in our schools. Restoring the link between education and democracy is at the core of Goodlad's work at the Center for Educational Renewal in Seattle. In 1992 he began a National Leadership Associates program and invited leaders from the various settings in the NNER to spend four weeks studying the agenda for Education in a Democracy. The tripartite consists of the main players in the simultaneous renewal of teacher education and the public schools. Last year Goodlad received a grant from the Carnegie Foundation to begin a new program of leadership teams for educational renewal, and Montclair State was selected, along with the University of Colorado, to host this national program.