Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies goals content and processes of seven highly successful and long-standing teacher education programs - Alverno College Bank Street College Trinity University University of California Berkeley University of Southern Maine University of Virginia and Wheelock College. All these colleges and universities have succeeded in preparing teachers to teach diverse learners to achieve high levels of performance and understanding. In discussing the common features of these programs Linda Darling-Hammond shows what outstanding teacher education models do and how they do it and what their graduates accomplish as a result. Powerful Teacher Education also examines the policies organizational features resources and relationships that have enabled these programs to succeed. Powerful Teacher Education Lessons from Exemplary Programs.