Opinion/Solutions: Need more teachers? Why not groom students?
In The News Piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jan. 23, 2023
Amaya Garcia was cited in an article by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the decreasing number of students completing teacher education programs and how "grow your own" programs can solve this.
Interest in “grow your own” programs began in 2005 when Illinois adopted a statewide effort. The big growth came about a decade later when Washington instituted a competitive grant program, followed by similar efforts in Texas and Minnesota.
Today, said Amaya Garcia, deputy director of the PreK-12 program at New America – a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. – 31 states are funding some type of “grow your own” programs.
While Pennsylvania is not among those states, one school district in the state was the first to sign up to partner with West Chester.
Read the full article here.