What the Governor’s Talking about
Today
Thursday, January 7,
2010
University, School
District Participants in Michigan Teaching Fellowship
Announced
This afternoon in Lansing, the governor along
with representatives of the W.K Kellogg Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Foundation announced the six universities and five school
districts that have been selected to participate in the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation’s Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship program. Also
present for the announcement were university presidents, school superintendents
and other representatives of the participating universities and school
districts.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced the fellowship
this past November when it awarded a $16.7 million grant to the Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Foundation. Over a two-year period, the Michigan
Teaching Fellowship will train 240 new teachers to teach science and math in
hard-to-staff middle and high schools in Michigan.
The six Michigan
universities selected to educate the new teachers are Eastern Michigan University, Grand Valley State
University, Michigan State
University, University of
Michigan, Wayne State
University and Western Michigan University. The five school
districts in which the new teachers will be placed are the public school systems
serving Detroit, Grand
Rapids, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Benton Harbor. During their first three
years in the classroom, the 240 new teachers will provide high-quality math and
science instruction to almost 90,000 students.
Key messages:
- During Wednesday’s
“Educate to Innovate” event at the White House, President Obama cited the
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships as one of the signature programs in the
national effort to train more math and science
teachers.
- The new math and
science teacher education programs created by the six universities for this
fellowship not only will be permanent, they will serve as models for other
universities in the state. So the Michigan Teaching Fellowship will have
an impact on teacher and student education in Michigan for years to come, affecting
thousands more of teachers and students.
- For our children
to compete in a global economy, they need world-class education and
skills. The Michigan Teaching Fellowship will play an integral role in
providing that world-class education. It is an investment in the future
of our children, the future of our workforce, the future of Michigan.
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