firesoul17

I'm a sophomore who's got big 10 schools in mind recognizes the zillions of options available to her. =) What colleges have really strong education programs? Probably mostly LACs, if I'm right?

I want to teach secondary American history, if it gets down to that.

lynxinsider

You know, I think I would look very closely at the school districts surrounding the colleges you think about. Realistically unless you do something like Teach for America, the two most likely places you'll get a job are your hometown or your college town. If you were to come down to Memphis to learn to be a teacher, you'd have to have it in your heart as a service vocation b/c the Memphis City Schools are in rough shape. But, you could really make a difference...

IBclass06

It does. Rather than look for education majors, you need to be looking for history programs with teaching certification.

collegehelp

Vanderbilt is best.

barrons

There are some great ed schools in the B10- Michigan, Wisconsin etc. that also have excellent history depts.

tenisghs

Northwestern! The School of Education and Social Policy has a good secondary education program and other interdisciplinary majors (social policy, learning and organization change, etc.). It's also a Big 10 school.

firesoul17

Oooh, that's my dream school! I'm a legacy more times than I can count. My grades aren't great but I have good ECs and I test fantastically.