
Student teaching: An unaffordable necessity shuts out many lower-income students
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Metro State does its best to make college doable for working adults, but the buck stops at student teaching. State law says anybody who wants to teach must first work full-time for 10 weeks in an unpaid teacher internship. At Metro’s School of Urban Education, leaders say the college’s 12-week student teaching requirement is a major drop-out point. This article is part of a series that will examine the requirements Minnesotans must meet to become teachers, the ways in which training programs are changing, and the people they continue to leave out. For related stories, go to Who’s teaching in Minnesota? Continue Reading