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Article: Tom Joyner Foundation partners with NEA to help minority teachers gain certification.(noteworthy news)(Brief Article)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- January 27, 2005
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Tom Joyner, the nationally syndicated radio personality and philanthropist, is partnering with the National Education Association (NEA) to distribute more than $700,000 to encourage current minority teachers to complete their certification and ultimately teach minority children in urban, suburban and rural public schools.
The program is designed to increase the number of fully certified minority teachers around the country. The teachers will be able to take classes on the campuses of seven historically Black colleges and universities: Clark Atlanta University; Bowie State University: Jackson State University; Johnson C. Smith University; Cheyney ...