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Ready to Teach, $2.1 Million Grant Program Welcomes Cohort IV

Supported by a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the HUSOE's Ready to Teach Program is designed to recruit and prepare underrepresented populations as PK-12 classroom teachers. The program is led by the HUSOE in partnership with 5 urban districts: Prince George's County (Maryland); Washington, DC; Chicago, Houston and Clayton County (outside of Atlanta, GA). Ready to Teach Scholars have professional mentors assigned to them throughout the program, participate in a summer institute and on-line learning communities, and pledge at least 3-years of service as a classroom teacher to one of the partner districts. Begun in 2007, the program has already produced a Teacher-of-the-Year. For more information about Ready to Teach, go to the "Become a Teacher" link on the HUSOE website at www.howard.edu/schooleducation.