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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 8/15/10
IBHE Now the State Agency Managing GYO; FY11 Funding Announced
At its August meeting the Illinois Board of Higher Education accepted responsibility for the GYO program, after SB 2487 was signed by the Governor; and they also announced a FY 11 appropriation of $3,150,000 - unchanged from FY11.. More |
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Third 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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First-ever Study of GYO Graduates Completed
Following a keynote from Linda Darling-Hammond of Stanford University, the meeting explored the distinctive slant on the issue of good teaching which is emerging from GYO. More here.
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Grow Your Own Teachers Celebrates Our Graduates!
See a list of our 23 graduates, along with pictures of many here.
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