Currently, most college students studying to become teachers must work for free while student teaching, a burden that creates one more obstacle to pursuing a teaching career. The bill would pay them $90 a day, and also pay their classroom mentors.
Michigan soon could subsidize tuition for education majors and pay student teachers as policymakers look for ways to combat a growing teacher shortage.
College and trade school enrollment has fallen in metro Detroit because of COVID, a new report says. That could affect employers looking for qualified workers.