Evie Blad at Education Week reports the Trump Administration has defunded a program designed to help States and districts create and sustain Teacher Apprenticeship Models - a new and increasingly popular way to address Educator shortages through paid on-the-job training for non-traditional candidates. The U.S. Department of Labor canceled a five-year contract for the Educator Registered Apprenticeship Intermediary this month, ending the program in the middle of its second year. The contract, worth up to $13 million, paid a coalition of Education Research Organizations, led by the North Carolina-based Research Triangle Institute, to guide Apprenticeship Providers through the legal, logistical and fundraising hoops necessary to launch new programs. The Labor Department officially recognized Teacher Apprenticeship Programs in 2021, allowing programs to seek targeted Federal funds for Apprenticeship Programs. Tennessee became the first State to receive Federal approval for its program. Today, 48 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have gotten approval to offer Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs, which were a priority of the Biden Administration.

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