UNIVERSITY-SCHOOL COOPERATION: A CASE STUDY.

The article describes the collaboration between the State University College at New Paltz and public schools in New York. The Faculty of Education at the university believes that in the preparation of teachers, it is important to work on an intimate basis with public schools. Public schools are to become clinical centers where future teachers may be trained by college professors and key public school faculty members. Dean of the faculty Mario Fantini believes that a close working relationship between the college and the public schools would be beneficial. Meetings were conducted between New Paltz faculty members and Haviland Junior High School teachers, students and parent groups.