INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana program that places highly qualified math and science teachers in public schools is being expanded to at least two other states.
President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that programs similar to the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship will begin this year in Ohio and Michigan and up to two other states.
The program began in 2008 with financial support from the Lilly Endowment and state funds.
Prospective teachers who take part in the fellowship program get $30,000 in exchange for agreeing to spend a year in exemplary teacher education programs and teach for three years in low-income rural and urban secondary schools.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett says the program is helping Indiana address a critical shortage of elite math and science teachers.
