Most schools of education train teachers and administrators. But in the 1970s and ’80s, education schools at several elite research universities retreated from that central mission and sought to boost their reputations by hiring faculty members from the social sciences who focused more on research than practice. As a consequence, many research-oriented education schools came to be considered redundant with social science departments. One of the most prominent, at the University of Chicago, was… Most schools of education train teachers and administrators. But in the 1970s and ’80s, education schools at several elite research universities retreated from that central mission and sought to boost their reputations by hiring faculty members from the social sciences who focused more on research than practice. As a consequence, many research-oriented education schools came to be considered redundant with social science departments. One of the most prominent, at the University of Chicago, was…

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