Rationale

                                                The good health of our nations schools depends on bringing
                                                            into classrooms as new teachers the brightest and the best
                                                            among today's students. Teaching needs to be viewed as a
                                                            promising career option. Particularly needed in the future will
                                                            be teachers from diverse backgrounds to match and be sensitive
                                                            to the increasing diversity in our classrooms.
 
 
 
 

                                                                                        History

                                                 During the first half of this century, the National Education
                                                             Association initiated a Future Teachers of America program
                                                             of which local chapters still exist in a number of states. Other
                                                             similar efforts were made by various state departments of
                                                             education, many local school, and, most notably, by Jan
                                                             Towslee who, as president of the Association of Teacher
                                                             Educators made the development of the Future Educators
                                                             of America a priority.