March 21, 2003

Western Governors U. Opens Online College for Teachers

By DAN CARNEVALE

Western Governors University is opening a college that will let teachers earn certification online. The move could help ease the shortage of educators in schools across the nation, WGU officials said last week.

The U.S. secretary of education, Roderick R. Paige, joined university officials for the announcement, which was made at the Education Department. He said the new Teachers College would help school districts across the nation meet a requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act,

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