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Grow Your Own Teachers will train and place over 1000 fully qualified teachers who are parents and community members or currently employed in schools in low-income communities. More...
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Welcome to the website of Grow Your Own Illinois, an independent 501(c)(3) organization working to assist Grow Your Own Teachers projects based on the Illinois Grow Your Own Teachers Act, and promoting the improvement of teaching in low-income communities in Illinois and elsewhere. Keep in touch with us by signing up for our email newsletter in the box to your left. Thanks to the Ford Foundation for ongoing assistance. For comments, send us an email or join our Grow Your Own Forum.
UPDATE 5/21/09 Program funding jeopardized!!
Because of the extreme budget problems of the State of Illinois, the legislature has lumped Grow Your Own Teachers with other programs that could be subject to significant cuts. GYO candidates, friends, organization members are making calls and visits [more...] |
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Second Annual Grow Your Own Teachers Day in Springfield!
Nearly 200 candidates, staff, and friends of GYO came to the Capitol Rotunda for the second annual Grow Your Own Teachers Day - a chance to celebrate the successes of the program and project its future. More info here.
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Statewide Learning Network Meeting in Chicago November 2008: Reports from the continuing GYO journey
The 2008 SLN meeting was the largest ever, with participants from every project and extraordinary discussions. See the agenda, attendance list, and pictures here.
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Good reading, web links for 2009
Presentations at AERA and the first of many journal articles about GYO + new books from good friends of the program and web links for organizations and bloggers you need to know - all here.
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