Teachers for a new era tne is an ambitious attempt to reform teacher education in selected institutions across the nation tnes goal is to stimulate construction of excellent teacher education programs that are guided by a respect for evidence are based on close collaboration between education and arts and sciences faculty and have an integrated classroom component. This research brief describes work documented in reforming teacher education a first year progress report on teachers for a new era tr 149 edu. This research brief describes work done for rand education documented in reforming teacher education a first year progress report on teachers for a new era by sheila nataraj kirby jennifer sloan mccombs scott naftel heather barney hilary darilek frederick doolittle and joseph cordes tr 149 edu 2004 172 pages 30 available online at. This research brief describes work done for rand education documented in reforming teacher education a first year progress report on teachers for a new era by sheila nataraj kirby jennifer sloan mccombs scott naftel heather barney hilary darilek frederick doolittle and joseph cordes tr 149 edu 2004 172 pages 30 available online at. Reforming teacher education a first year progress report on teachers for a new era by sheila nataraj kirby jennifer sloan mccombs scott naftel heather barney hilary darilek frederick doolittle joseph cordes