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Providence schools get $3M grant to boost teacher diversity


Providence schools get $3M grant to boost teacher diversity
April 26, 2021
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) The Providence public school system is getting a $3.1 million grant that will help it improve teacher diversity through a college loan repayment incentive program, officials said Monday.
The grant from the Rhode Island Foundation will enable the state s largest school district to offer up to $25,000 in loan repayment incentives over the first three years of employment to new teachers who identify as Black, Asian, Indigenous, Latino or multi-racial.
About 80% of the district s roughly 24,000 students are people of color while only about 20% of teachers are, foundation President and CEO Neil Steinberg said in a statement. ....

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A new program to recruit teachers of color in Providence will cover up to $25,000 in student loans


A new program to recruit teachers of color in Providence will cover up to $25,000 in student loans
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Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green holds a homemade sign to greet students returning to Central High School in Providence in September 2020.
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