Both the State of IL and the U. S. Department of Education, if they are really serious, could well aid the development of a pool of future teachers. Here's what some well spent funds could do to aid this cause. They ought to provide direct dollars to high schools in all regions to have a course called Invitation to Teaching.
These funds would be used by the schools, who have teachers qualified to teach such a course which would include direct in-class instruction as well as field work in feeder schools within the neighborhood.
There are a scant number of these programs and I'm familiar with them and can report that they are highly successful in terms of inspiring/encouraging many to enter into the teaching field. Not coincidentally, many of these same students, having engaged in such high schools programs, are now in America's classrooms.
Let's do this!!
Dick
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