June 30, 2006 - 12:39 pm
Tags: Recruiting & Retention, Students
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Prince William County, VA is partnering with several universities to recruit students of color into the teaching workforce. The program seems well-funded enough to provide realistic incentives and supports to students:
Once the students are accepted, the nonprofit organization, Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Teachers, will link them with paid mentoring teachers in their schools, place them in [...]
June 24, 2006 - 12:19 pm
Tags: High Schools, Students
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In this Washington Post article (via ASCD’s SmartBrief), Dion Haynes tells the story of two student athletes who made a pact to set an example for their peers at a DC public high school.
Jachin Leatherman and Wayne Nesbit, both star football players, turned down scholarships to prep schools in order to attend troubled Ballou [...]