Jessica Nizeyimana, 17, who is black, is taking education courses in a program that is expanding at Erie High School. A professor from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania teaches three college-level education classes at the high school, and an introductory education class is to be added next year. The program is designed to get students interested in teaching as a career. The goal is to have the students return one day to teach in the Erie School District, which is trying to increase the number of teachers who are nonwhite and thus more a reflection of the student body.
Erie Times-News, March 31, 2019
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