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Education
5:07 pm
Tue February 5, 2013

Stateside: Not enough STEM graduates in the U.S.

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The following is a summary of a previously recorded interview. To hear the complete segment, click the audio above.

Are there important jobs going begging in Michigan?

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Education
5:55 pm
Mon November 15, 2010

Fellowship to send math and science teachers to high-need classrooms

(Left to right) Godfrey Lee Superintendent David Britten, GVSU President Tom Haa
Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
(Left to right) Godfrey Lee Superintendent David Britten, GVSU President Tom Haas, and GRPS Superintendent Bernard Taylor Jr. sign the agreement Monday.

Grand Valley State University signed an agreement Monday that will help put more science and math teachers in high-risk classrooms.

The agreement is part of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship Program. Six universities in Michigan are participating in the program.

It offers 40 recent grads $30,000 to get their teaching degrees and spend 3 years in high need, urban middle and high school classrooms.

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