The Department of Education awarded Texas A&M University-San Antonio a four-year, $1.5 million grant to help further strengthen the state’s multilingual teacher shortage.
The university was one of 15 higher education institutions to receive the first-ever grants as part of the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program.Funds from the grant will support scholarships and resources to boost the number of multilingual teachers in communities and schools with a highly diverse student population.
Several certificates will be enabled thanks to the grant, including scholarships for 60 students pursuing a degree in bilingual education. Data from the Learning Policy Institute — a nonprofit that conducts research to improve education policy and practice in the U.S. — suggests Texas “has had a teacher shortage driven by high attrition rates for decades,” aTo begin to address the shortage, the university is developing a pipeline with students at the middle, high school and community college levels.the university has within the community — specifically, the Edgewood, Harlandale and Southwest school districts.
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