Journal of Teacher Education

State councils on teacher education are, as the author remarks, "still in their adolescence," but there can be no doubt that their influence has already been im portant in improving the education of teachers. This article presents and dis cusses nine observations and conclusions which have been drawn from Dr. Wig gins' comparative study of councils in a number of states. Readers who are al ready familiar with the work of state councils should find this paper particu larly interesting. Those who are un familiar with the history and present status of councils may wish to consult a descriptive article in Volume II, pp. 272-83, of the JOURNAL.

This article is a report and anal ysis of a survey of five-year teacher education programs in forty-two institutions. The author discusses commendable practices in pro grams now in existence and lists implications of the survey for pro grams which may be developed in the future.