NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has paid a visit to Tennessee State University to laud the varsity’s initiatives to handle teacher shortages.
A TSU information launch says Cardona hosted a roundtable dialogue on the traditionally Black college Friday that centered on TSU’s Grow Your Own teacher pipeline program.
The Tennessee Department of Education says there are 65 Grow Your Own packages in the state. The initiatives supply free alternatives to change into a teacher. TSU says it at the moment has greater than 50 individuals in its Grow Your Own packages.
On Thursday, Cardona additionally headlined a roundtable dialogue on rural education in Trousdale County and a dialogue on the AASA School Superintendents Association convention in Nashville.