Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Rural teacher shortage leads schools to grow own - Boston.com

Rural teacher shortage leads schools to grow own - Boston.com

Rural teacher shortage leads schools to grow own

By Alan Scher Zagier
Associated Press Writer / September 28, 2010
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BUFFALO, Mo.—Suzanne Feldman realizes she's an anomaly: a soon-to-be college graduate who wants to return to the languid rhythms of rural life rather than flee.

The aspiring high school math teacher is a member of the inaugural class of the Ozarks Teacher Corps, a group of southwest Missouri teachers in training who receive $4,000 annual scholarships in exchange for a three-year commitment to work in rural school districts after graduation.

Having grown up in a town with fewer than 3,000 residents, a place where your homeroom instructor is just as likely to be sitting in the same church pew come


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