Aspiring ‘Teachers of Color’ Program Gets $1.1 Million in Taxpayer Funds at Minnesota’s University of St. Thomas

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The University of St. Thomas will “increase the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics…teachers, particularly teachers of color, who work in the community,” with the aid of $1.1 million in taxpayer dollars.

The Catholic university in St. Paul received the federal grant with the assistance of Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith and Congresswoman Betty McCollum, according to a news release.

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