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New scholarship helps place science and math teachers in Chicago Public Schools

(October 28, 2008) Illinois State University, on the strength of a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, has implemented the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The scholarship will be awarded to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher education majors in their junior and senior years of study. The award will provide a minimum of $10,000 per year for the future teachers and a $5,000 stipend is available for people who are changing careers. In exchange, the recipients will commit to teaching for at least two years in a CPS upon successful completion of their teaching certification at Illinois State. Learn more about the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.

The scholarship has received state-wide media attention. Read the following stories about the Noyce Scholarship Program:

• "Scholarships to Place Math, Science Teachers in Chicago Schools," October 28, 2008, Illinois State Media Relations official press release
• "Education majors to be offered scholarship," October 29, 2008, article in the Daily Vidette
• "Teacher Shortage," October 28, 2008, story reported on WMDB/WYZZ
• "Illinois State offers cash for CPS-bound teachers," October 28, 2008, article in Chicago Tribune