I went to a forum on Sunday morning about the Kirwan report for pre-k-12 education.

Then I watched football.

Today, I did my follow up.

The report declares that there should be “incentives to attract high-quality high school graduates into careers in teaching.”

I’ve introduced bills that have created such financial incentives. The Nancy Grasmick Teacher Award helps to repay the academic debt of people who are teaching science, technology, engineering, or math subjects or are teaching in a school in which at least 75% of the students are enrolled in the free meal program in the state for 2 years.

Today I asked a General Assembly research librarian, “What are the existing state programs that provide incentives for teachers to teach in schools with high concentrations of low income students?  What is their funding level?”

I’ll share the answer with you and my colleagues.