Federal funding cuts threaten teacher recruitment in rural Idaho classrooms

Finding qualified and available teachers for Idaho’s rural schools is already difficult enough, but with cuts to federal grants that help sponsor educators to be in these classrooms, Idaho’s education leaders are speaking out.

“It’s hard enough right now to recruit people to be educators,” said Tony Ashton, the Executive Director of the Idaho chapter of Teach for America, based in Meridian.

Teach for America is an AmeriCorp organization that works to provide resources to rural and vulnerable Idaho communities…

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