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Arizona State University is partnering with Teach For America to transform ASU’s teacher education program.

With a five-year, $18.9 million investment from entrepreneur and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford, ASU will partner with Teach for America to bring changes to the way ASU recruits, selects and prepares K-12 teachers.

The Sanford Education Project will use Teach For America’s tools to recruit teachers to work in low-income communities. Since 1990, Teach for America has recruited, trained and placed more than 24,000 teachers in low-income communities guaranteed payday loans. It has developed strategies to attract people into teaching who otherwise may not have chosen the profession. It also has developed support systems to help those teachers in the classroom and built a pipeline of leaders in the community focused on quality education.

As part of Sanford’s investment, ASU’s College of Teacher Education and Leadership will create a summer institute based on Teach For America’s model.

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