State program helped janitor become teacher – Daniel Silva in Chicago From: suntimes.com
Tagged: Chicago, Illinois, population, teacherPosted on: May 15th, 2008
The 37-year-old Latino from Logan Square represents the type of educators being funneled into the system by Grow Your Own Teachers. GYO was established by the state Legislature in 2004 to prepare 1,000 new teachers by 2016 to work in schools with disadvantaged populations and high turnover rates.
Now seeking from the Legislature a $1.5 million increase in its $3 million appropriation of the last two years, GYO partners community groups, colleges and local school districts to recruit candidates of diverse backgrounds to work in schools in their own communities statewide. About 545 candidates currently are in the pipeline — 87 percent of them minorities.”*
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