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Monday, July 23, 2012

Illinois teacher-training program costs $271,000 per teacher

SPRINGFIELD - It sounds like something that would pop up on a math test: A teacher-training program gets $19 million in state aid. Over six years, it produces only 70 teachers. How much has the state spent for each teacher so far?

The answer: More than $271,000 each.

Public employee "advocates" of the Grow Your Own Teachers program insist those numbers are misleading and incomplete. "This is a program worth investing in," said Maureen Gillette, dean of the College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University.

The latest state budget includes $1 million for the program. ...More HERE

Monday, July 23, 2012 at 01:30 PM |

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